28 Quotes by Caroline Calloway

The publishing world has been very slow to adapt to the digital world.

I wrote the captions that built my brand.

Mental illness and depression are the reason why I no longer have a father.

I think a lot of people feel shame when they revisit their years of addiction.

How do you hold on to the idea that you are good and kind and deserving of love when the whole world thinks you're evil? It's really disorienting to see this character with your face and your name and your details catch internet wildfire. It really bothered me.

I spend a lot of time unpacking the pain surrounding my addiction - both my own and the pain I caused other people.

If you build a life around an identity that springs from your own imagination, is it ever inauthentic?

I love fame. I love being written about. I don't really mind if people think I'm a bad writer, if they don't understand my weird Instagram performance art or they find my long captions annoying. That's part of the package of being in the public eye, and honestly I find it exhilarating.

It's not that I don't experience absolute sadness, which is very unentertaining, but I think - when I'm being really honest about myself - I think there's, like, a really performative streak in my personality.