Gypsy-Rose Blanchard > Quotes

“I want to make my mother’s life mean something. I want to learn to live my life the way my mother didn’t know how to.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Self-worth comes from having a purpose and for seeing the value in yourself. None of us will ever find a purpose by desperately seeking self-worth.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“When I pray to God, I ask him to give me the strength I need to be a good person and to reach my potential for the rest of my life. I think what I really mean to ask for is the strength to put my faith in myself, in my abilities—to trust that I can become a better version of myself. It’s all a leap of faith.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I did kiss a couple girls and became a pillow princess, four times.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“When I first got here, I joined a clique and I tried to be one of the mean girls. I took on a new nickname—Jersey—because I acted like my shit don’t stink. Melissa: Wait, like New Jersey, like you were a tough girl from the Jersey Shore show or the housewife show? Gypsy: Yeah, exactly! [giggling] With the mean girl / Jersey persona, I had to make fun of people or be like, “Oh my God, did you see what she was doing in the canteen?”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Time seemed to pass for others, but not for me. Other people seemed to grow up and change, and I was living a life where I would stay the same.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“A career in advocacy. In awareness. In positive change. My nightmares are being replaced with aspirational daydreams of starting my own organization, spreading knowledge and awareness about Munchausen by proxy, and mentoring others who have experienced trauma and abuse.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Being a prisoner of my pain for so long is actually one part of my identity I don’t want to lose. I believe people are who they are because of what they’ve been through, but really because of what they’ve survived.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“In order to bloom, an old part of yourself has to wither away.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“The notoriety added a dimension to her disease. Yes, the Munchausen by proxy was the most dangerous part of the abuse, but it also acted as a backstage pass to my mother’s internal cinematic show. Whatever that movie in her mind was, I wasn’t the star of it. When the press arrived, she’d be doing all of the talking, while I numbly waited for my cue. Like a stage mother, Beauty Queen Dee Dee fed me my lines: “It’s a dream come true,” “This makes me so happy,” “My mom is my best friend.” Through me and through the script we memorized, Dee Dee could achieve some level of the fame she had long desired.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I’d like to think of this endeavor as a rewrite of a misinformed story you’ve been told, like the Taylor’s Version rerecordings. I’m no Taylor Swift, but if this ebook were an album, I’d title it Gypsy’s Version—”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“(I have very nice boobs).”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Parents out there: if bribing your child with new baby dolls or Tiny Tykes starts losing effectiveness, you could always try telling your child that you are a powerful witch.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Being a people-pleaser requires you to submit a part of yourself to the person you aim to please. You give up your own needs and desires, and put the person’s interests in front of your own. In return you expect a payment in the form of validation and acceptance. This kind of currency is dangerous because the cost is you.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“My mother loved me when I was sick and took her love back when I wasn’t.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I feel like I have been put through a lot of storms, and yet I am still not broken. I am not a broken person. I am worthy of being loved; I never had that self-worth before. I am not damaged; I am safe.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“She told me, “There are eight voices in my head and seven of them don’t like you.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I’d like to think of this endeavor as a rewrite of a misinformed story you’ve been told, like the Taylor’s Version rerecordings. I’m no Taylor Swift, but if this ebook were an album, I’d title it Gypsy’s Version—the only version that should be told—raw, revealing, and in rhythm with the real me.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“sometimes reading back your thoughts, especially from a younger age, can be cringey. But it’s that cringe that gets you to the good. I feel like if you recognize it as cringe, it’s a pretty strong indication you are healing or growing or both.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I’m no Taylor Swift, but if this ebook were an album, I’d title it Gypsy’s Version”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Love was a dangling carrot that made me jump higher to please her, even if it meant going against what felt right.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I wonder if there is more that I don’t know about my mother that caused her to become the way she was. Knowing that people are shaped by the things that happen to them, I have gotten to a place of compassion for my mother.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Faith is having a feeling that you are safe. And that what is making you safe has the power to see you through anything. It’s kind of like you are in the palm of God’s hand. You can go through a hurricane, you can go through a tornado—any kind of storm—but God has you in the palm of his hand and he won’t let anything happen to you. You are safe. That is faith to me. I feel like I have been put through a lot of storms, and yet I am still not broken. I am not a broken person. I am worthy of being loved; I never had that self-worth before. I am not damaged; I am safe.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I believe that even if we do have a strong identity, it can change over time, so there’s always work to be done.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“I have done so many horrible and sinful and harmful things to myself and others that I am the least judgmental person on Earth. Anyone can tell me anything, and I empathize with them and understand and don’t look down on them.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Those parts of myself I have yet to meet. And when I do, I think it will strengthen my self-worth because I’m looking to myself for validation and not the acceptance and love of others.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“What I have seen of The Act is limited to a clip that was played during one of the prime-time award ceremonies. I think it was a scene of Joey on a bed with a cell phone; it was so far removed from my reality, it was hard to be sure what I was looking at. I just remember seeing Joey glammed out on the red carpet, the stark contrast of our lives casting a dark shadow over me. Here I was in my prison cell wearing my prison uniform, eating my disgusting prison food, while Hollywood celebrated itself.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“My mother used love as reward and punishment, withdrawing it on demand. She knew the things I was afraid of, like being alone in the dark, and so to punish me, she’d leave me alone in the dark.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“he just made me laugh. Ryan always says a way to a woman’s heart is through laughter, and I totally agree. We laugh so much all the time; I just love it.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom

“Writing a memoir wasn’t my idea; it was y’alls.”
― Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom