Gemma Burgess Quotes & Sayings

I've discovered the secret to successful singledom. I'm acting like a man. And it's working. — Gemma Burgess

Suzanne: I'd rather be single than in an unfulfilling relationship. — Gemma Burgess

Here's what I think ... There is no unfucked up. People think there is, but there's not. We're all fucked up in different ways. It's simply a question of making your fuck-ups work for you.-Aidan — Gemma Burgess

It's always easier to walk away. — Gemma Burgess

That's the spark I've been looking for. The spark is the feeling that you were born to be this happy. And that's how I feel right now. — Gemma Burgess

Maybe Plum was right. There are no good men. Only different degrees of bad ones. — Gemma Burgess

Plum smiles, sighs, and shakes her head. 'No. You know, I thought Dan was a good guy. Maybe there are no good guys left. — Gemma Burgess

That's the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they're far wiser than the elder ones could ever be. — Gemma Burgess

The best thing about a busy social life? It helps you avoid reality. — Gemma Burgess

He replies (four minutes later):
Anyone who throws a glass of wine in someone's face has to expect to be talked about.
Shit.
I think about what to reply and (nine minutes later) settle on:
That was bar theatre. You wouldn't guess it, but everyone involved was an actor. Even the
wine was acting. — Gemma Burgess

Sorry. Did you know you giggle in your sleep, by the way?'
'Really? How adorable of me. — Gemma Burgess

Is there anything worse than feeling alone when you're surrounded by your friends? — Gemma Burgess

He leans over and puts the radio on. It's Jason Donovan's 'Sealed With A Kiss'.
'I love the music they play up here in the sticks,' I say
'We're in Oxfordshire, darling. Not Far East Kentucky,' replies Jake
'When I first heard this song, I thought it was about sea eels,' I say. 'Because it's about summer,which means swimming, and I'd just found out that sea eels even existed, and it seemed to make sense.'
'Sea eeled with a kiss?' repeats Jake — Gemma Burgess

Your chest is surprisingly hairy.'
'I hope I can't say the same thing about you. — Gemma Burgess

Do you know how to open a coconut?'
'"Open" a coconut?' I repeat.
'I'm making a tropical punch.'
'What a stunning idea,' I say.
'Not original enough for you, my little creative bunny? Fine. Here's a twist for you: when
someone drinks it, you have to hit them in the face. Get it? Tropical punch. — Gemma Burgess

Am I meant to not reply to Josh From HR's texts, do you think? Hell, maybe I am. Maybe he liked me the way I like Adam The Tick Boxer. Maybe every single person in London is hoping for a text from someone else, and we're all connected in a chain of waiting. I wonder who's at the top of the chain?
Robert's phone beeps. He picks it up, reads the text, makes a derisive little snorting sound and puts it back on the table without replying.
That answers that question, then. — Gemma Burgess

They use the M as an anchor to get the doughnut and then there's an escalator to nowhere. — Gemma Burgess

Funny how men call it being free and women call it being alone, isn't it? — Gemma Burgess

Whenever you break up with someone, you don't just break up with one person. You break up with their family, their friends and their dog. It's sad, inevitable and kind of annoying. — Gemma Burgess

Fake it till you feel it — Gemma Burgess

It's braver to stay. It takes courage to stay. I am sure I speak for all the single people here when I say that I don't want to ever lack that courage. I don't want to lose my best friend and my true love, just because I wanted to
stay in control and not take a risk. Even if they walked away, even if
they ran to the other side of the world, even if I thought that I didn't have a chance in hell, I still want to know that I did everything I could
to make it happen. — Gemma Burgess

Churchill had a black dog. I have singledom,' she says, exhaling theatrically. 'I will die alone. — Gemma Burgess

Oh Abby ... I want you to know ... I am so full of shit. You should not listen to me. I know nothing. — Gemma Burgess

It's not revealing, it's informative. — Gemma Burgess

And I'd rather leave than be the one left. — Gemma Burgess

Most things in life are only as difficult as you allow them to be. — Gemma Burgess

You have to let it go. You can't control everything in life — Gemma Burgess

Lick hand. Sprinkle salt. Do the shot. Suck the lemon. — Gemma Burgess

We kissed, and sparks went off in my chest. At the end of the night he said, 'I know what you're thinking. You're wondering if I'll call tomorrow. I'll do better than that.' He called me the minute I got home and we talked till I fell asleep. I was smitten. — Gemma Burgess

What are you doing here, anyway? You don't strike me as the speed dating type.'
'I lost a bet with Alfie,' he says. 'You met him at The Cow that day . . .?' Waistcoat Guy, I think, nodding. 'I said to him that if you didn't text me back then I'd try speed dating, because I'm officially the worst single man in London.'
'You're not!' I say. 'I mean, it wasn't a bad date. I was just . . .'
'Don't say you were drunk! It's the biggest post-sex insult ever.'
'. . . drunk, I mean drinking, a bit more than I ought, and I was, uh, cringing at the thought that I'd been a nightmare date.'
'No. You were great,' says Mark/Skinny Jeans.
'Actually, the biggest post-sex insult is "we did?"' says Robert. 'But that's another story. — Gemma Burgess

Walked without a destination. Explored without a purpose. — Gemma Burgess

The French have the perfect word for it: 'flaneur'. It means to stroll around aimlessly but enjoyably, observing life and your surroundings. Baudelaire defined a flaneur as 'a person who walks the city in order to experience it'. — Gemma Burgess