--- title: "1 Leave Beaver Quotes By Suzie Burke" description: "1 Leave Beaver quotes by Suzie Burke. Plus more from Suzie Burke and more Leave Beaver sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/suzie-burke-44962_acting_not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-sham_2253940.jpg" --- > [“Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through life, an actor in a Leave it to Beaver episode, determined to disguise all clues of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-shame-of-a-crazy-mother-i-spent/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/suzie-burke-44962_acting_not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-sham_2253940.jpg) ## More by Suzie Burke > [“I honestly didn't believe I could bear any more suffering. I was convinced that the child within me was just too young to endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/i-honestly-didn-t-believe-i-could-bear-any-more-suffering-i-was/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“This new co-consciousness brought me to a state of awareness in which my core personality was directly able to experience "her" personality. Being co-conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/this-new-co-consciousness-brought-me-to-a-state-of-awareness-in-which/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“Denial returned, like a nagging cough you can never quite shake. Actually, it was always close at hand, and even though "satanic ritual abuse"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/denial-returned-like-a-nagging-cough-you-can-never-quite-shake/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I dressed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/at-cocktail-parties-i-played-the-part-of-a-successful-businessman-s/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“That is the problem with repressed memory and dissociative identity disorder. Your mind represses certain traumas for reasons of pure survival. And then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/that-is-the-problem-with-repressed-memory-and-dissociative-identity/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-shame-of-a-crazy-mother-i-spent/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“On its own, my internal dissociated part now came to the surface, and I found myself hiding from everyone. I still was not connecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/on-its-own-my-internal-dissociated-part-now-came-to-the-surface-and-i/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“I'm back in the basement of the Ascension Catholic Church, Francisco. And Little Suzie is here. She's lying on an alter, and they're hurting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/i-m-back-in-the-basement-of-the-ascension-catholic-church-francisco/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) > [“I am truly crazy, I told myself. It's over. I am not fixable. I cannot tell Tom. I cannot even tell Francisco. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/i-am-truly-crazy-i-told-myself-it-s-over-i-am-not-fixable-i-cannot/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leave-beaver/suzie-burke/#itemlist", "name": "1 Leave Beaver Quotes By Suzie Burke", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through life, an actor in a Leave it to Beaver episode, determined to disguise all clues of my real condition until... well, until I could find an appropriate moment to do away with myself.\" [...] \"Yet even as my depression spiraled into ever more precarious territory, I retained an uncanny ability to disguise my true mental condition from everyone except Tom. 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