“To Try And Explain My Real Feeling For Greta Would Be Impossible Since I Really Do Not Understand

“To try and explain my real feeling for Greta would be impossible since I really do not understand myself. I do know that I have built up in my emotions a person that does not exist. My mind sees the real person — a Swedish servant girl with a face touched by God— only interested in money, her health, sex, food and sleep. And yet her face tricks my mind and my spirit builds her up into something that fights with my brain. I do love her but I love the person I have created and not the person who is real.” — Mercedes de Acosta.