It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing… — Susanna Kaysen Driven Copy Share Image
Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed… — Susanna Kaysen Broken Copy Share Image
Don't separate the mind from the body. Don't separate even character - you can't. Our unit of existence is a body, a… — Susanna Kaysen Body Copy Share Image
Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it.… — Susanna Kaysen Demand Copy Share Image
Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast. I'm not talking about onset or duration. I mean the quality of the… — Susanna Kaysen Day to day Copy Share Image
Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our minds... — Susanna Kaysen Believe Copy Share Image
“The disorder is more common in women." Note the construction of that sentence. They did not write, "The disorder is more common… — Susanna Kaysen Substance abuse Copy Share Image
Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two. — Susanna Kaysen Communication Copy Share Image
I noticed that some of my deadness was being replaced by an intense feeling about the Greek stories and the Bible stories.… — Susanna Kaysen Bible Copy Share Image
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or… — Susanna Kaysen Blue Copy Share Image
My father was judgmental and kind of mean, and I'm like that. And he was very perfectionistic, and I'm like that. And… — Susanna Kaysen Father Copy Share Image
“How the fuck else am I going to get any attention in this place?" Lisa always called the hospital 'this place.” — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Suicide is a form of murder— premeditated murder. It isn’t something you do the first time you think of doing it. It… — Susanna Kaysen Adaptation Copy Share Image
“Their love story unfolded and then folded up again in Cambridge, as I watched and took mental notes and learned nothing, naturally,… — Susanna Kaysen Love Copy Share Image
“I would if somebody would want to but of course nobody would want to so I wouldn't want to force anybody to… — Susanna Kaysen Anxiety Copy Share Image
This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted — Susanna Kaysen Aries Copy Share Image
I'm your mind", it claims. "You can't parse ME into dendrites and synapses — Susanna Kaysen Claims Copy Share Image
“We say that Columbus discovered America and Newton discovered gravity, as though America and gravity weren't there until Columbus and Newton got… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Nothing," I said. "It's quiet. It's like― I don't know. It's like falling off a cliff." I laughed. "I guess my life… — Susanna Kaysen Life Copy Share Image
“It was a different precondition that tipped the balance: the state of contrariety. My ambition was to negate. The world, whether dense… — Susanna Kaysen Ambition Copy Share Image
In the parallel universe the laws of physics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down, a body at rest… — Susanna Kaysen Action Copy Share Image
