I'm not crazy or dangerous, just a bit eccentric and lonely. Emma Forrest More Quotes by Emma Forrest More Quotes From Emma Forrest I don't see what's so good about being genuine. Clog dancing is genuine. Isn't being fake more of an achievement? At least it takes some inspiration. Like, sherbet dips, they're a special food. Think of all the additives and coloring and grinding that it takes to create a sherbet dip. But carrots? They're just out there, shrieking, "Hi, we're some carrots! Love us for it!" They never have to prove themselves. Emma Forrest dancinginspirationthinking Yes, I have patterns of love addiction. But I'm a woman. Of course I do. Emma Forrest patternscoursesaddiction People don't know. We don't know ourselves so we tell ourselves what we really know is other people. We could say the depth of pain we feel for the lovers who've left us is because we knew them so well. Emma Forrest paindepthpeople When I was younger I loved Betty Blue, and at the moment I'm completely besotted with Angelina Jolie. But sometimes I'm unnerved by the idea of men liking her. Because I think that there is a side to every man that really wants to watch a woman fall apart. Emma Forrest menfallthinking I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That's why I love 'Paper Moon' so much. Emma Forrest mooncharactertwo The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends. Emma Forrest truth-isstarsreason If killing yourself is not an option anymore, you have to sink into the darkness instead, and make something out of it. Emma Forrest killing-yourselfkillingdarkness You want to know, but are afraid to ask, whether or not I found someone. If there could be anyone to fill that hole in my heart after I lost him. I did. "Life is futile," says my new therapist, Michaela, "and no one gets out of it alive. There is only love. Emma Forrest found-someonealiveheart Thank God the Internet didn't exist when I was 15, 16. I knew people were tearing me apart, but my God, if there had been a net and commenters and I would have been reading them - it was bad enough as it was. To grow up in the media eye, I'm glad it happened, but that was definitely not healthy being around adults all the time. Emma Forrest growing-upeyereading I still believe that you truly find yourself not in travel, but in other human souls. Emma Forrest finding-yourselfsoulbelieve When he kisses me, I cry. I explain it's not because I wish he were someone else, it's because it's such a shock to the system to be desired after feeling so completely abandoned. Emma Forrest kissingwishfeelings When I am in a relationship, I don’t wear lipstick at all. I hate the smearing, the retouching, the constant throb of phoniness as you surreptitiously check the damage in your compact between kisses. I wear lots of mascara to compensate, different colors so I don’t get bored. When I am about to break up with a guy, he has full warning because I start wearing lipstick again. Emma Forrest kissingcolorhate I didn't know there was something really wrong, because everyone was crazy. It's just that everyone else was still functional. I didn't realize that I was any worse off. Emma Forrest realizingcrazy If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in. Emma Forrest madnessgivingbelieve Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I'd loved from childhood who didn't disappoint. Emma Forrest disappointgenerouschildhood I would say at the moment the only person who could have played me this past year would have to be Angelina Jolie. Emma Forrest momentspastyears I think a neurotic learns from their mistakes. A psychotic does not. Emma Forrest psychoticmistakethinking Jeff Bridges says that the reason he's one of the few stars in Hollywood whose made his marriage last for decades is that every time they think there's no more doors left to walk through in the room, they just keep looking and keep looking until they find one. Emma Forrest starsdoorsthinking I wish I had been less keen to inject my own opinions, but I was a teenager and your teenage self is generally an idiot compared to the adult you. That's the way it should be. If it's the other way around, you have a problem. Emma Forrest teenageselfwish Write a page every single day, even if what you put on the page that day is no good - it's the only way to get better. Emma Forrest get-betterpageswriting
