--- title: "16 Mental Patient Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Mental Patient quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Mental Patient sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/alison-brie-10081_college_i-always-wanted-to-play-a-mental-patient_2359685.png" --- > [I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-brie/i-always-wanted-to-play-a-mental-patient-i-was-fascinated-with/) [Alison Brie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-brie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/alison-brie-10081_college_i-always-wanted-to-play-a-mental-patient_2359685.png) > [Sleep doesn't come easy when a broken twig conjures images of a hulking mental patient snapping the arms off children, over by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-stone/sleep-doesn-t-come-easy-when-a-broken-twig-conjures-images-of-a/) [Craig Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/craig-stone-9282_arms_sleep-doesn-t-come-easy-when-a-broken-tw_545272.jpg) > [We are, every one of us, like a wise guru in charge of a mental patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-catto/we-are-every-one-of-us-like-a-wise-guru-in-charge-of-a-mental-patient/) [Jamie Catto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-catto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/jamie-catto-75419_guru_we-are-every-one-of-us-like-a-wise-guru_2128087.png) > [You can feel like a mental patient, but that doesn't mean you have to act like one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-m-linehan/you-can-feel-like-a-mental-patient-but-that-doesn-t-mean-you-have-to/) [Marsha M. Linehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-m-linehan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/marsha-m-linehan-49478_feels_you-can-feel-like-a-mental-patient-but-t_3142591.png) > [If I ideally can, I'd do a comedy, and then I would do something where I'm a mental patient, and then I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-monroe/if-i-ideally-can-i-d-do-a-comedy-and-then-i-would-do-something-where/) [Mircea Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/mircea-monroe-38948_back_if-i-ideally-can-i-d-do-a-comedy-and-the_1296509.jpg) > [“I naively believe that self-love is 80 percent of the solution, that it helps beyond words to take yourself through the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-naively-believe-that-self-love-is-80-percent-of-the-solution-that/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/anne-lamott-188_humor_i-naively-believe-that-self-love-is-80-p_2509161.jpg) > [Sometimes the words against a selfish have to be sharp, straight and blunt; it is very much like after the failure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anuj/sometimes-the-words-against-a-selfish-have-to-be-sharp-straight-and/) [Anuj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anuj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/anuj-7758_blunt_sometimes-the-words-against-a-selfish-ha_997381.jpg) > [“Hey,”he said, taking in my disheveled appearance. “Why are you up so early?” “Oh, I was just, you know, exercising.”I jogged in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawkins/hey-he-said-taking-in-my-disheveled-appearance-why-are-you-up-so/) [Rachel Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/rachel-hawkins-379_patience_hey-he-said-taking-in-my-disheveled-appe_222186.jpg) > [I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ornette-coleman/i-remember-once-i-read-a-book-on-mental-illness-and-there-was-a-nurse/) [Ornette Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ornette-coleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/ornette-coleman-12578_able_i-remember-once-i-read-a-book-on-mental_1017017.jpg) > [“And what does that signify to you?" he said, perhaps forgetting that if she could speak truly to the world, she would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-greenberg/and-what-does-that-signify-to-you-he-said-perhaps-forgetting-that-if/) [Joanne Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-greenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/joanne-greenberg-14643_heart_and-what-does-that-signify-to-you-he-sai_2829059.png) > [And people get so weird about mental illness, you follow the rules! You don't up a heart patient on a roller coaster,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-titus/and-people-get-so-weird-about-mental-illness-you-follow-the-rules-you/) [Christopher Titus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-titus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/christopher-titus-1916_coasters_and-people-get-so-weird-about-mental-ill_1910306.jpg) > [“If you expand the boundaries of mental illness, which is clealry what has happened in this country during the past twenty-five years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-whitaker/if-you-expand-the-boundaries-of-mental-illness-which-is-clealry-what/) [Robert Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/robert-whitaker-27072_five-years_if-you-expand-the-boundaries-of-mental-i_640748.jpg) > [Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-vonnegut/note-to-self-being-kurt-s-son-being-an-ex-mental-patient-getting-into/) [Mark Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/mark-vonnegut-10170_add_note-to-self-being-kurt-s-son-being-an-e_2586517.png) > [In my view, madness is a place. You go. You come back. And I think we all take turns being the mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-o-connell/in-my-view-madness-is-a-place-you-go-you-come-back-and-i-think-we-all/) [Carol O'Connell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-o-connell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/carol-o-connell-27593_art_in-my-view-madness-is-a-place-you-go-you_2473815.jpg) > [God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/god-judges-men-from-the-inside-out-men-judge-men-from-the-outside-in/) [Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/criss-jami-320_able_god-judges-men-from-the-inside-out-men-j_2922131.jpg) > [“Ugh. Why did I have to have so many thoughts? Why couldn't I just be a normal girl and bask in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawkins/ugh-why-did-i-have-to-have-so-many-thoughts-why-couldn-t-i-just-be-a/) [Rachel Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/rachel-hawkins-379_quote_ugh-why-did-i-have-to-have-so-many-thoug_554262.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-patient/#itemlist", "name": "Mental Patient Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always wanted to play a mental patient. 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If you lean on them too hard, you'll find that there's not much there. 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