Gayle Forman Quotes

As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.

I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.

When I don't know what to do, I just open my mouth. Why won't anyone date me?

Something really is wrong with me. And I don't know what it is.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.

I always felt different in a lot of ways and didn't really know how to express that.

I don't want to sound self-righteous, and I don't want to act like I have it all put together.

I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.

I don't think anything can help me socially, to be honest: I have this terrible personality. I don't really know how to describe it... maybe I'll go with surly.

I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.

The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.

When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.

I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.

I know it sounds pathetic, but I don't know who I am.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.

When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.

I may not have gone to high school every day, but I spent whole a lot of my adolescence feeling vulnerable and confused and alone... just like everybody else.

There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.