“What does the sign say?” “ ‘If you lived here, you’d be home now.’ ” She clenched her hands with excitement. “See, every day… — Susanna Kaysen Every day Copy Share Image
“The point is, the brain talks to itself, and by talking to itself changes its perceptions. To make a new version of… — Susanna Kaysen Communication Copy Share Image
This clarity made me able to behave normally, which posed some interesting questions. Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though… — Susanna Kaysen Able Copy Share Image
“I walked past the lady in yellow robes and the maid bringing her a letter, past the soldier with a magnificent hat… — Susanna Kaysen Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“This clarity made me able to behave normally, which posed some interesting questions. Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the security screens, the… — Susanna Kaysen Borderline Copy Share Image
I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent. — Susanna Kaysen Girl interrupted Copy Share Image
“Interrupted at her music: as my life had been, interrupted in the music of being seventeen, as her life had been, snatched… — Susanna Kaysen Life Copy Share Image
My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which… — Susanna Kaysen Boredom Copy Share Image
“But something about the static truth of numbers hurt my brain. Numbers felt sharp. Words felt elastic and springy. Language had an… — Susanna Kaysen Psychology Copy Share Image
The floor of ice cream parlor bothered me. It was black-and-white checkboard tile, bigger than supermarket checkboard. If I looked only at… — Susanna Kaysen Bigger Copy Share Image
“I’ve gone back to the Frick since then to look at her and at the two other Vermeers. Vermeers, after all, are… — Susanna Kaysen Light Copy Share Image
