Quote by Meg Wolitzer Download Open image ““It was exhausting being a schizophrenic, which he was still convinced he was.”” — Meg Wolitzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“When had I stopped being a person with Paranoid Schizophrenia, and become a Paranoid Schizophrenic; defined by my illness?” — Michaela Haze Copy Share Image
“her. I never felt properly sorry for schizophrenics, she thought, unable to escape the voices in their heads and fighting for their sanity with… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
“It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.” — Holly Goldberg Sloan Copy Share Image
“Some days I felt invincible, though I had to constantly remind myself that my delusions of invincibility were driven primarily by anger and stupidity.… — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“He had always imagined madness as a flailing hysteria, subdued only by restraint or drugs. Not this dulled indifference that slowed his footsteps and… — Laura Elliot Copy Share Image
“He had been diagnosed as suffering from atypical schizophrenia. Lord, how he hated that awful-sounding label. It conjured up visions of some deranged maniac… — Etienne de L'Amour Copy Share Image
“I wanted to believe he was mad. Unfortunately, I no longer knew what madness was.” — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
“P.S. It's not schizophrenia, it's creativity, there is a difference. My voices go away after I let them tell their stories.” — Ashley Newell Copy Share Image
“It was obvious to me that he had been trying hard to fight the madness that was so clearly consuming him.” — D.A. Rice Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the mind of a schizophrenic for it is powerful and it is symbolic” — MK Copy Share Image
“He had to treat him as the maniac he obviously was. The fact that his insanity was dressed in religious trappings meant nothing.” — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“The problem with Insanity was how incredibly sane it felt. He bit his tongue and said nothing to the smirking ghost of his father.” — Matthew Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why would you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Crema Seamans," Ethan repeated thoughtfully. "It's like a soup made from ... various semens. A medley of semens. It's a flavour of Campbell's soup… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“No one ever told you that in moment of crisis, family was allowed to trump friendship.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
