If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in. Emma Forrest More Quotes by Emma Forrest More Quotes From Emma Forrest Now that he's gone, I feel like I'm a senior citizen who gave away her life savings over the phone. And this is the crux: I never in my life believed in someone as much as I believed in him. The shame is overwhelming. Emma Forrest senior citizens phones It's as if he can no longer acknowledge the love he felt or the pain I am in. I have been dismissed. I don't think I was smarter or as beautiful as the other girls he did this to. It's just that I was me. It was all I had. Emma Forrest pain girl beautiful You can have this kind of love. You can have it. You just grab it. Of course the problem with having that love is that you can lose it, too. Emma Forrest kind love-you love-is I'm not crazy or dangerous, just a bit eccentric and lonely. Emma Forrest eccentric crazy lonely Is it needy? It's not. We don't need each other. We just really, really enjoy each other. And we're good together. We're good people together. And I have the funniest feeling. I can really, truly touch this all, this happiness and the sadness too, I can trace all of it with my fingers. It isn't theoretical or distant. This feels like me. This is me. I love him, and, for the first time in a relationship, I also like me. Every time he says "I love you," I answer, "I believe you. Emma Forrest sadness love-you believe He was a super shiny boy and I liked the shape of him. Under the blanket. In the shower. I liked his shadow on the street and his imprint on the sofa. I hated the smell of hair gel on his head, but I loved it on the pillow. I love the smell of losing someone. Emma Forrest smell hair boys The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up. Emma Forrest think you book people When I was old enough to know better, I ate a bar of soap in the shape of the Muppets' Fozzie Bear, because I loved him so much I wanted to consume him, even if doing so made me ill. I didn't yet know the word 'foreshadowing.' Fozzie was the only first of many pop-culture icons I feel shaped by. Emma Forrest loved feel better me New York is the first place I have ever felt safe. Emma Forrest new first place new-york I used to devour biographies of people like Natalie Wood and Marilyn. Emma Forrest wood like used people I'm not rich, though everybody thinks I am. Emma Forrest though i-am everybody rich
