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Emma Forrest is a renowned British journalist recognized for her work across print and broadcast media. Born on December 26, 1976, she has gained attention for her incisive and sometimes contentious writing. Forrest has contributed to a variety of publications, including The Guardian and The Observer, where she has covered a wide array of subjects, from personal essays to cultural analysis.

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“It's all in her walk, a cartoon swagger. Part Jayne Mansfield, part Muhammad Ali. Men never know if it's an invitation upstairs or an invitation outside.”

Ifs Knows Men Walks Cartoon Invitations Muhammad Swagger Upstairs

Book:Namedropper

Source: Namedropper

“It is madness. And if you don't know who you are, or if your real self has drifted away from you with the undertow, madness at least gives you an identity. It's the same with self-loathing. You're probably just normal and normal-looking but that's not a real identity, not the way ugliness is. Normality, just accepting that you're probably normal-looking, lacks the force field of self-disgust. If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in.”

Source: Your Voice in My Head

“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.”

People Knows Feels Wells Pain Left Lovers Depth

Book:Your Voice in My Head

Source: Your Voice in My Head

“What people don't understand when you've already been a suicide and pulled through is that after the sadness comes fear: Where is my mind going with this? I don't want to die. I do not want to die. When you don't have so much control over your own thoughts, over the myriad voices in your head, you don't know where they could go.”

People Knows Want Mind Dies Voice Sadness Suicide Wanting To Die

Author:Emma Forrest

“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.”

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Book:Your Voice in My Head

Source: Your Voice in My Head

“If you don't know who you are, madness gives you something to believe in.”

Ifs Knows Giving Believe Madness Who You Are

Book:Your Voice in My Head

Source: Your Voice in My Head

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

People Knows Blood Injury Where You Are Self Injury

Book:Thin Skin

Source: Thin Skin

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Born: December 26, 1976
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 72

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