Quotes by Emma Forrest

Emma Forrest

A lot of the time in my recurring dreams, before I was diagnosed, iconic people would either be good or evil figures. I remember dreaming really basic stuff like trying to navigate the London underground, but then Paul Newman would be the only one who would direct me to the right trains. And I’m trying to remember who would direct me to the wrong ones.

Dream

Evil

People

At least you know where you are with blood. At least other people can see it.

Blood

People

Self Injury

But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

Pain

Sadness

Wine

Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I’d loved from childhood who didn’t disappoint.

Childhood

Disappoint

Generous

From such a young age, I was raised and have raised myself on film to such an extent, that it has sometimes bled into my reality. There are times I’ve felt very Mulholland Drive, where people’s dream worlds overlap with each other.

Age

Dream

Reality

He was addicted to me and now he has gone cold turkey. He used to send me fifty texts a day. And now he is ignoring me. It’s like I was once his Barack Obama. And now I am John McCain, conceding defeat like a sad-face sock puppet, knowing I have sold the best of myself. He, my electorate, not only does not want me, he actively feels pity.

Doe

Knowing

Turkeys

He was only twenty-five.He was young enough to miss his youth just as it was slipping away. The worst kind of loss-the one that is happening as you feel it.

Loss

Missing

Slipping

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.

Crazy

Realizing

I do think everything that happens in American pop culture sort of prescribes for England and does end up happening there six months later, maybe a year.

Culture

Pop Culture

Thinking

I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That’s why I love ‘Paper Moon’ so much.

Character

Moon

Two

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Addiction

Age

Beautiful

Believe

Blood

Broken

Cartoon

Character

Childhood

Color

Courses

Crazy

Culture

Dancer

Dancing

Darkness

Disappoint

Doe

Dream

Evil

Eye

Fall

Finding Yourself

Generous

Get Better

Get Well

Girl

Giving

Growing Up

Hair

Hate

Heart

Hurt

Killing

Killing Yourself

Kind

Kissing

Knowing

Light

Long

Looks

Loss

Love Is

Love You

Madness

Matter

Mean

Men

Missing

Mistake

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Quotes by Emma Forrest

Emma Forrest

At least you know where you are with blood. At least other people can see it.

But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I’d loved from childhood who didn’t disappoint.

From such a young age, I was raised and have raised myself on film to such an extent, that it has sometimes bled into my reality. There are times I’ve felt very Mulholland Drive, where people’s dream worlds overlap with each other.

He was only twenty-five.He was young enough to miss his youth just as it was slipping away. The worst kind of loss-the one that is happening as you feel it.

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.

I do think everything that happens in American pop culture sort of prescribes for England and does end up happening there six months later, maybe a year.

I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That’s why I love ‘Paper Moon’ so much.

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