“I feel as though, if I were to extend my hand just a little toward the pool where the ideas ferment, I could grab at the idea and pull it out of the pool and onto the floor where ideas must stand before the jury of the brain. There, it must present itself, still from the pool, and a bit shivery because new ideas are not given a towel to dry off with, towels being reserved for proven theories; new ideas are simply pulled and stood up, and asked to explain themselves - not a very pleasant thing really, which is why so many people go into the room where the pool is. The exercise is exhausting not to mention a bit difficult to watch, if you are at all a sympathetic creature. What was my idea, anyways?”
Emilie Autumn“It is this, not the spirits, that frightens us; shall we never be free, even after we die?”
Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls“Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.”
Emilie Autumn“I've been completely fascinated with history because it tells everything about what's going to happen next because it's cyclical, everything repeats in general.”
Emilie Autumn“I smile to myself knowing that they may be dead.”
Emilie Autumn“I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening.”
Emilie Autumn“Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I.”
Emilie Autumn“Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.”
Emilie Autumn“I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.”
Emilie Autumn“There is no such thing as justice, all the best that we can hope for is revenge.”
Emilie Autumn“He cried when I left, which I find to be standard male behavior.”
Emilie Autumn