“This was what was wonderful, standing alone in the big, soft night rewriting the past to make myself miss what had never… — Susanna Kaysen Standing alone Copy Share Image
Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of… — Susanna Kaysen Busy Copy Share Image
You could also "request" to be locked into the seclusion room. Not many people made that request. You had to "request" to… — Susanna Kaysen Cake Copy Share Image
... now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there. — Susanna Kaysen Crazy Copy Share Image
“This person is (pick one): 1. on a perilous journey from which we can learn much when he or she returns; 2.… — Susanna Kaysen Autobiography Copy Share Image
This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music: as my life had… — Susanna Kaysen Canvas Copy Share Image
Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into… — Susanna Kaysen Debate Copy Share Image
“Viscosity occurs on a cellular level. And so does velocity.In contrast to viscosity's cellular coma, velocity endows every platelet and muscle fiber… — Susanna Kaysen Girl interrupted Copy Share Image
I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future. — Susanna Kaysen Felt Copy Share Image
“I can honestly say that my misery had been transformed into common unhappiness, so by Freud's definition I have achieved mental health.” — Susanna Kaysen Borderline-personality-disorder Copy Share Image
I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor. — Susanna Kaysen Cream Copy Share Image
“Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression.” — Susanna Kaysen Depression Copy Share Image
Being crasy doesn't mean to be broken...It is you and me amplified", Girl, Interrupted — Susanna Kaysen Broken Copy Share Image
When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound. — Susanna Kaysen Grief Copy Share Image
“People ask, How did you get in there? What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“In a strange way we were free. We’d reached the end of the line. We had nothing more to lose.” — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. IT has no… — Susanna Kaysen Scar tissue Copy Share Image
“Now, I would say to myself, you are feeling alienated from people and unlike other people, therefore you are projecting your discomfort… — Susanna Kaysen Doubt Copy Share Image
“When digital watches were invented years later they reminded me of five-minute checks. They murdered time in the same way -slowly- chopping… — Susanna Kaysen Technology Copy Share Image
I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even… — Susanna Kaysen Inward Copy Share Image
