Quote by Susanna Kaysen

“I’m tired of dealing with crazies. When did it become my job to manage your mental illness?”

— Joan Rivers

“There were jobs so bor­ing, you’d find ways to crip­ple your­self so you couldn’t work.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Don’t tell stories of a job you almost got. Learn from a loss and don’t dwell on it. Move on.’ ”

— Lauren Graham

“But I was right and the real world seemed increasingly nonsensical. Why train for years to do a job you bitched about all day?…

— Mark Millar

“Maybe knowing about craziness means you don't have to fall for it.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Of course I could have done things differently. I could stop fucking thinking about you and obsessing over you and fucking wanting you for…

— Charlotte Stein

“If it were only about my job, I would have saved myself the effort and suspended you… You can accept that and my help…

— Skye Callahan

“And I felt like such a failure. I thought: I can't even do mental illness properly.”

— Sara Baume

“It was a matter of making the best job you can . . . and accepting your fate.”

— Kate Williams

“Listen, I'm bossy. I can't help it. It's who I am and what I do. I'm pushy and I like to take over. But…

— Lauren Dane

“It’s the job, she thought. I work too hard. That’s why my thoughts go round and round at night, like a hamster on a…

— Åsa Larsson

“But I'm terrified of giving up my career only to have the whole thing backfire in my face. What if I move down there…

— Georgia Cates