Suicide Quotes by Susanna Kaysen

8 Suicide quotes by Susanna Kaysen

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Susanna Kaysen’s eight brief statements on suicide provide a clear, personal lens on a challenging theme. The collection’s small size makes it a quick, accessible way to gauge her approach to this sensitive topic.

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“Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether…

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

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Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it.…

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“Suicide is a form of murder— premeditated murder. It isn’t something you do the first time you think of doing it. It…

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

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But when they were done, I wondered if there would be a next time. I felt good. I wasn’t dead, yet something…

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A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

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Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into…

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

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When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy.

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Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease…

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