Laura Marling Quotes

I say out loud what everyone thinks deep inside.

If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

I almost envy people who say whatever they want.

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

I always had a running commentary in my head that was extremely funny and off-center, but I never said it to anyone.

Most of my thoughts, you couldn't print.

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.

My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.

The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing it. I would be curious about what I'd write if I didn't have to worry about offending.

I still feel like there are a lot of things in me that people haven't seen. My soul hasn't been bared yet.

Nobody really knows my true feelings on a lot of issues.

I've never said anything that I didn't want to say on a record, ever.

Diaries tell their little tales with a directness, a candor, conscious or unconscious, a closeness of outlook, which gratifies our sense of security. Reading them is like gazing through a small clear pane of glass. We may not see far and wide, but we see very distinctly that which comes within our field of vision.

I think it's very important that you have at least some sort of inner thing you don't talk about. That's why I find it distasteful when all these pop stars talk about their habits.

What my tongue dares not that my heart shall say

It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing.

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful.

It's botherin' me, man. You know, you can't say this, you can't say that, I'm like, well, how am I gonna talk about the world? You know? I mean I need to talk about something to you all, can I - can I do it? Can I talk to y'all? I mean, I hope the kids are in bed, you know, because I got to talk, y'all.

They ignore what is deep and true to a man's heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.

I began this book with the intention of concealing nothing, that those who liked might have the benefit of perusing a fellow creature's heart: but we have some thoughts that all the angels in heaven are welcome to behold -- but not our brother-men -- not even the best and kindest amongst them.

Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.

When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.