Top 60 Emilie Autumn Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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.”

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2. “Some are born mad, some achieve madness, and some have madness thrust upon ’em.”

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3. “Once upon a time is now.”

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4. “If you’re going to die, then die. If you are going to live, then fight.”

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5. “I myself am not afraid of ghosts; I am afraid of people.”

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6. “It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”

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7. “You’re so easy to read but the book is boring me.”

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8. “I’m a big stupid history nerd.”

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9. “There is no such thing as justice, all the best that we can hope for is revenge.”

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10. “And falling’s just another way to fly.”

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11. “For this freedom I have given all I had For this darkness I gave my light For this wisdom I have lost my innocence Take my petals And cover me with the night.”

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12. “I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.”

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13. “Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.”

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14. “Studies show that intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world.”

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15. “I cut myself because you wouldn’t let me cry. I cried because you wouldn’t let me speak. I spoke because you wouldn’t let me shine. I shone because I thought you loved me...”

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16. “I’m bipolar, but I’m not crazy, and I never was. I’m stark raving sane.”

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17. “Why can I never go back to bed? Who’s is the voice ringing in my head? Where is the sense in these desperate dreams? Why should I wake when I’m half past dead?”

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18. “Oh, and I certainly don’t suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I.”

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19. “I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”

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20. “And if I end up with blood on my hands, well I know, that you’ll understand, ’cause I fight like a girl.”

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21. “Why should I wake when I’m half past dead?”

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22. “History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever.”

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23. “I am my heart’s undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.”

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24. “Simply put, if you are a Wayward Victorian Girl, I’ll find you.”

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25. “Life is not like Gloomy Sunday, with a second ending when the people are disturbed.”

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26. “I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I’m not a complete idiot at this time.”

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27. “My reasons to live Were my reasons to die But at least they were mine Now I’ve freedom unbound Cut the laces of life.”

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28. “Nothing in my life has ever made me want to commit suicide more than people’s reaction to my trying to commit suicide.”

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29. “There is no suggestion box in the Psych Ward.”

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30. “If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!”

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31. “If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street.”

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32. “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.”

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33. “We will paste upon the curled pages words Like charming and romantic and sentimental Forgetting that charming is witchcraft Romantic is love And sentiment is what makes us human.”

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34. “I smile to myself knowing that they may be dead.”

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35. “Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears.”

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36. “What if I’m an angel without wings to take me home?”

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37. “I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening.”

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38. “Shakespeare; the only man I’d ever love...”

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39. “I am personally not a lover of audiobooks in general, and I am indeed one of those people who don’t count listening to a book being read by someone else as actually having read that book. It simply is not reading.”

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40. “EA: Is it the smoke that smells like vanilla? Audience: Yeah. EA: Yeah, they do that to mask the chemicals that are actually killing you.”

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41. “The very worst thing about being bipolar, depressed, or mentally ill in likely any way, is that any time you’re legitimately sad – any time you’re truly angry – and with good and clear reason, you will be told that you are only feeling as you are because of your illness.”

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42. “Lithium isn’t for people who have bad moods. Lithium is for lifers.”

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43. “I’ve learned that I work best when I’m entirely naked. The recording process was done that way.”

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44. “Then I break a glass and I slit my very innermost thigh so that I can pretend that I’m menstru – well, unavailable.”

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45. “I could have guessed it all along, cuz now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me.”

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46. “We had people fainting during the last tour, but I’m aiming for people to actually drop dead at this one.”

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47. “I believe that photography could be used to inspire change. It could tell the truth, and force people to pay attention. I cannot pursue that now, Em, for people want portraits, and portraits alone, but I think that a portrait is a terribly false thing, for what shows in a portrait is little more than a mask made of all that the subject would like the viewer to believe he is.”

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48. “He cried when I left, which I find to be standard male behavior.”

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49. “You young romantics find your “soul” in the strangest places.”

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50. “Seeing metaphors in everything again.”

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