--- title: "10 Mental-hospital Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Mental-hospital quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mental-hospital sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/michael-thomas-ford-7867_change_he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-eve_416964.jpg" --- > [“He said that I have to remember that even though I've changed a lot in here, I'm going back to a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-thomas-ford/he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-even-though-i-ve-changed-a-lot/) [Michael Thomas Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-thomas-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/michael-thomas-ford-7867_change_he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-eve_416964.jpg) > [Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/jail-was-preferable-there-they-only-limited-you-physically-in-a/) [John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/john-kennedy-toole-4650_jail_jail-was-preferable-there-they-only-limi_1196539.png) > [“It goes so fast, he thought, they don't tell you that, how fast it goes...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-e-hinton-2/it-goes-so-fast-he-thought-they-don-t-tell-you-that-how-fast-it-goes/) [S.E. Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-e-hinton-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/s-e-hinton-2-13869_asylum_it-goes-so-fast-he-thought-they-don-t-te_1361467.jpg) > [“He'll have to do without me, Jamie thought, not looking back. And then clearly, as if he'd been told, he knew Grenville…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-e-hinton-2/he-ll-have-to-do-without-me-jamie-thought-not-looking-back-and-then/) [S.E. Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-e-hinton-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/s-e-hinton-2-13869_asylum_he-ll-have-to-do-without-me-jamie-though_335871.jpg) > [“The old joke is that psychiatrists are doctors who can't stand the sight of blood. Maybe they can't stand it, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartos/the-old-joke-is-that-psychiatrists-are-doctors-who-can-t-stand-the/) Mike Bartos [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/mike-bartos-263337_charleston_the-old-joke-is-that-psychiatrists-are-d_1675009.jpg) > [ “Emma cites the structure of the \[Eating Disorder\] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-lee/emma-cites-the-structure-of-the-eating-disorder-unit-as-being/) [Carol Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/carol-lee-39506_anorexia_emma-cites-the-structure-of-the-eating-d_45862.jpg) > [“Right there in that room, listening to the tape Laura gave me, I decided that I wanted something more than what I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-nuzum/right-there-in-that-room-listening-to-the-tape-laura-gave-me-i/) Eric Nuzum [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/eric-nuzum-66273_first-time_right-there-in-that-room-listening-to-th_1660941.jpg) > [“Here I want to stress that perception of losing one’s mind is based on culturally derived and socially ingrained stereotypes as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erving-goffman/here-i-want-to-stress-that-perception-of-losing-one-s-mind-is-based/) [Erving Goffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erving-goffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/erving-goffman-18642_abnormal-psychology_here-i-want-to-stress-that-perception-of_1830156.jpg) > [“Eventually I had gotten it together enough to call her. I did so partly to let her know where I was and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-nuzum/eventually-i-had-gotten-it-together-enough-to-call-her-i-did-so/) Eric Nuzum [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/eric-nuzum-66273_communication_eventually-i-had-gotten-it-together-enou_1659089.jpg) > [“My mother's mouth drops. 'Emmy...don't say those things Emmy. Remember, we don't talk about those things.' 'Yes Mom. I remember. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-andrews/my-mother-s-mouth-drops-emmy-don-t-say-those-things-emmy-remember-we/) [Emily Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/emily-andrews-60866_avoidance_my-mother-s-mouth-drops-emmy-don-t-say-t_1409822.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-hospital/#itemlist", "name": "Mental-hospital Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He said that I have to remember that even though I've changed a lot in here, I'm going back to a world that hasn't changed”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Thomas Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-thomas-ford/he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-even-though-i-ve-changed-a-lot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/michael-thomas-ford-7867_change_he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-eve_416964.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/michael-thomas-ford-7867_change_he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-eve_416964.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/michael-thomas-ford-7867_change_he-said-that-i-have-to-remember-that-eve_416964.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He said that I have to remember that even though I've changed a lot in here, I'm going back to a world that…” — Michael Thomas Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jail was preferable. 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I did so partly to let her know where I was and partly to almost brag about where I was. Whenever I’d get morose, sulky, or stuck somewhere between crabby and suicidal, she was quick to say something disarming or indirectly tell me things weren’t that bad. Laura wasn’t exactly dismissive of my feelings, but I often left our conversations feeling like she didn’t quite get how harsh things felt for me—or at least that she wasn’t willing to acknowledge it. This frustrated and upset me. I spent so much time trying to hide the depths of my feelings and the clusterfuckedness of my life from everyone, except her. The one person I was honest with was often telling me that I was being too dramatic, or overdramatic, or overthinking things, or would I just please change the subject. It wasn’t like she didn’t believe me—it was more like she questioned why I let things bother me so much. In a small way, ending up in the mental ward was a strange kind of validation for me. 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