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Susanna Kaysen quotes: I would if somebody would want to but of course nobody would want to so I wouldn't want to force anybody to want to.

I would if somebody would want to but of course nobody would want to so I wouldn't want to force anybody to want to.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Confuse was the nurses' word for abuse.

Confuse was the nurses' word for abuse.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Tell me that you don't take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.

Tell me that you don't take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: One of the great pleasures of mental health (whatever that is) is how much less time I have to spend thinking about myself.

One of the great pleasures of mental health (whatever that is) is how much less time I have to spend thinking about myself.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Translation: I need to know the particulars of craziness so I can assure myself that I'm not crazy.

Translation: I need to know the particulars of craziness so I can assure myself that I'm not crazy.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Freedom was the price of privacy.

Freedom was the price of privacy.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

Susanna Kaysen quotes: It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.

It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.

Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Thus, our keepers. As for finders - well, we had to be our own finders.

Thus, our keepers. As for finders - well, we had to be our own finders.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast.

Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.

When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: With wild eyes that had seen freedom.

With wild eyes that had seen freedom.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: The group had an atomic structure: a nucleus of nuts surrounded by darting, nervous nurse-electrons charged with our protection.

The group had an atomic structure: a nucleus of nuts surrounded by darting, nervous nurse-electrons charged with our protection.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I can honestly say that my misery had been transformed into common unhappiness, so by Freud's definition I have achieved mental health.

I can honestly say that my misery had been transformed into common unhappiness, so by Freud's definition I have achieved mental health.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.

If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: This behavior may ... counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted

This behavior may ... counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.

Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Being crasy doesn't mean to be broken ... It is you and me amplified, Girl, Interrupted

Being crasy doesn't mean to be broken ... It is you and me amplified, Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen quotes: One of my teachers told me I was a nihilist. He meant it as an insult but I took it as a compliment.

One of my teachers told me I was a nihilist. He meant it as an insult but I took it as a compliment.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore.

The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: When you're sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound.

When you're sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.

Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.

My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Reality was getting too dense.

Reality was getting too dense.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: How the fuck else am I going to get any attention in this place?Lisa always called the hospital 'this place.

How the fuck else am I going to get any attention in this place?
Lisa always called the hospital 'this place.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but it isn't profound.

It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but it isn't profound.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: That's because the analysts are writing about a country they call Mind and the neuroscientists are reporting from a country they call Brain.

That's because the analysts are writing about a country they call Mind and the neuroscientists are reporting from a country they call Brain.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: A thought is a hard thing to control.

A thought is a hard thing to control.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: What is it about meter and cadence and rhythm that makes their makers mad?

What is it about meter and cadence and rhythm that makes their makers mad?

Susanna Kaysen quotes: We might get out sometime, but she was locked up forever in that body.

We might get out sometime, but she was locked up forever in that body.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: The meat was bruised, bleeding, and imprisoned in a tight wrapping. And, though I had a six-month respite from thinking about it, so was I.

The meat was bruised, bleeding, and imprisoned in a tight wrapping. And, though I had a six-month respite from thinking about it, so was I.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Imagined my character as a plate or shirt that had been manufactured incorrectly and was therefore useless.

Imagined my character as a plate or shirt that had been manufactured incorrectly and was therefore useless.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Once you start parsing a face, it's a peculiar item: squishy, pointy, with lots of air vents and wet spots.

Once you start parsing a face, it's a peculiar item: squishy, pointy, with lots of air vents and wet spots.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Something about the goat dancing made me want to cry.

Something about the goat dancing made me want to cry.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: It was my misfortune-or salvation-to be at all times perfectly conscious of my misperceptions of reality.

It was my misfortune-or salvation-to be at all times perfectly conscious of my misperceptions of reality.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: They were all seventeen and miserable, just like me. They didn't have time to wonder why I was a little more miserable than most.

They were all seventeen and miserable, just like me. They didn't have time to wonder why I was a little more miserable than most.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.

Now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I'm your mind", it claims. "You can't parse ME into dendrites and synapses

I'm your mind", it claims. "You can't parse ME into dendrites and synapses

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Whatever we call it - mind, character, soul - we like to think we possess something that is greater than the sum of our neurons that 'animates' us.

Whatever we call it - mind, character, soul - we like to think we possess something that is greater than the sum of our neurons that 'animates' us.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have.

As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.

You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back ... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our mind.

Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back ... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our mind.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: Maybe I was just flirting with madness the way I flirted with my teachers and my classmates.

Maybe I was just flirting with madness the way I flirted with my teachers and my classmates.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: It's a mean world," she'd say. She was usually glad enough to be back. "There's nobody to take care of you out there.

It's a mean world," she'd say. She was usually glad enough to be back. "There's nobody to take care of you out there.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: It was a spring day, the sort that gives people hope: all soft winds and delicate smells ofwarm earth. Suicide weather.

It was a spring day, the sort that gives people hope: all soft winds and delicate smells of
warm earth. Suicide weather.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: She wasn't blotto, she was plotting.

She wasn't blotto, she was plotting.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: She rushed out, because the darkness in the theater was too much when combined with the darkness in her head .

She rushed out, because the darkness in the theater was too much when combined with the darkness in her head .

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I'm Ambivalent. In fact that's my new favorite word.Do you know what it means ?I don't care.

I'm Ambivalent. In fact that's my new favorite word.
Do you know what it means ?
I don't care.

Susanna Kaysen quotes: I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor.

I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor.