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> [“You think everyone you like is special, she said. I'm just a normal person. When you get to like someone, you make them feel like they're different from everyone else. You're doing it with Nick, you did it with me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/you-think-everyone-you-like-is-special-she-said-i-m-just-a-normal/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

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## More by Sally Rooney

> [I like Christianity. I'm a fan of Jesus and his whole philosophy but not the social teaching aspects of it, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-like-christianity-i-m-a-fan-of-jesus-and-his-whole-philosophy-but/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [“I lay there in the bath not thinking, not doing anything. After a few seconds, I heard her open the front door, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-lay-there-in-the-bath-not-thinking-not-doing-anything-after-a-few/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [There are a lot of people who probably enjoyed 'Conversations with Friends' who are part of the system that is actively exploiting other people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-probably-enjoyed-conversations-with/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I would rather do two things really, really, really well than do 16 things and have 14 of them fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-would-rather-do-two-things-really-really-really-well-than-do-16/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [When I'm writing something, everything falls into place. When I'm not writing, stuff keeps happening to me, and there's nowhere to put it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/when-i-m-writing-something-everything-falls-into-place-when-i-m-not/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I try to keep my sentences quite pared back. What I really want to do is observe people's relationships and interactions. I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-try-to-keep-my-sentences-quite-pared-back-what-i-really-want-to-do/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [“Well, if that's suffering, he thinks, let me suffer. Yes. To love whoever I have left. And if ever I lose someone, let me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/well-if-that-s-suffering-he-thinks-let-me-suffer-yes-to-love-whoever/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [“I thought about all the things I had never told Nick about myself, and I started to feel better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-thought-about-all-the-things-i-had-never-told-nick-about-myself-and/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [“All these people are suffering without the tools to end their own suffering. And we who have the tools refuse to do anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/all-these-people-are-suffering-without-the-tools-to-end-their-own/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I couldn't quite get the hang of how to socialise as a teenager. I didn't really understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-couldn-t-quite-get-the-hang-of-how-to-socialise-as-a-teenager-i/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I'm very introverted. Easily a few days could go by where I would not really leave the house or talk to anybody other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-m-very-introverted-easily-a-few-days-could-go-by-where-i-would-not/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-m-not-totally-comfortable-with-the-ways-in-which-our-culture/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [Dialogue is the most fun to write. It's kind of like a tennis match.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/dialogue-is-the-most-fun-to-write-it-s-kind-of-like-a-tennis-match/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [I don't really believe in the idea of the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/i-don-t-really-believe-in-the-idea-of-the-individual/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

> [It annoys me when contemporary films and television shows create artificial tensions that could easily be resolved by a quick email or the use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/it-annoys-me-when-contemporary-films-and-television-shows-create/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

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