Gayle Forman Quotes

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

We crave permission openly to become our secret selves.

If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.

I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

Having grown up so familiar with creating a pleasing facade, I now end up compelled to reveal things inside and say, 'Okay, now you really see me. Do you still love me?' And then it's never enough; it always has to be total self-revelation.

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.

Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.'

Getting to be authentic is so liberating.

When my divorce came through, it was like being let out of a cage because I hadn't been true to myself before; I was being something that was expected of me.

I've just never talked about it. But it's so liberating. It was interesting to be coming to have a conversation that I was always afraid to have. This is my coming out ball. I've been dying to do this.

I want to show my true self, not how I want to be seen by others.

To be authentic is to stop pretending to be what think you are, because you are not.

People ask me all the time, "What are your influences? Are you trying to do Beckett?" It's like, "No, I'm trying to do me." Whatever that is. I don't know what that is, but that's the basis. I'm trying to be true and I'm trying to be honest.

If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.

Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.

Try to discover your true, honest, untheoretical self.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you're trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please someone else.

Life is short, and there's something to be said for being true to yourself.

You have to be yourself.

The older I get, the more the lying, the losing touch with your true thoughts and feelings, and the compromises required to fit in seem not worth the effort. It's my one go on Earth; why spend any more of it conforming to other people's rules and ideals?

Before, I had an idea of what I thought I needed to be, and I'm realizing more and more that being yourself is the best thing.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

Before my transition I felt trapped, and now I've been set free.