Suffering Thinks Quotes 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— Sally Rooney

I would rather do two things really, really, really well than do 16 things and have 14 of them fail.

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— Sally Rooney

“I thought about all the things I had never told Nick about myself, and I started to feel better.”

— 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…

— Sally Rooney

I couldn't quite get the hang of how to socialise as a teenager. I didn't really understand it.

— 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…

— Sally Rooney

I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature.

— Sally Rooney