Quote by Jessica Queller

“I do not think the patient truly meant to end her life. Her act was a cry for help.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“It shouldn’t have surprised her. Didn’t she know better than almost anyone what sort of filth humans were capable of? But it did, every…

— Stacia Kane

“She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies.”

— Harry Mathews

“She made a sound of frustration that no one else could hear. She’d heard that restraining expression of high emotion creates terminal illness in…

— Victoria Danann

“I think unconsciously I was afraid that if she asked me how I felt, my unleashed grief and rage would kill us all. In…

— Jean Hegland

“She cured me of my sadness.”

— Avijeet Das

“Even though we knew she was going to die eventually, when it happened it was still a terrible, rude shock. I thought I was…

— Hope Edelman

“When I asked her what was the matter? answered, she didn't know; but she felt so afraid of dying!”

— Emily Brontë

“I hoped she didn't know just how much she affected me, because I was shit terrified of what the future meant for us.”

— Pepper Winters

“If the modern world were a patient in my care...” She shook her head. “I would diagnose it suicidal.”

— John Shirley

“This was a doctor. Sworn to heal, not to judge. But judge she did, in the twist of her lips and the chill of…

— Kelley Armstrong