"Every window in Alcatraz has a view of…" — Susanna Kaysen

"Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco."

— Susanna Kaysen

Alcatraz Quotes Cheer Up Quotes Every Window Quotes Francisco Quotes San Quotes San Francisco Quotes View Quotes Views Quotes Window Quotes

72 Quotes by Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen has 72 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state…
... now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.
This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music: as my…
It is easy to slip into a parallel universe. There are so many of them: worlds of the insane, the…
Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the…
An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life…
A thought is a hard thing to control.
You could also "request" to be locked into the seclusion room. Not many people made that request. You had to…
By the time we hit the streets they were silent and closed in on us, and they had assumed the…
Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.
It's important to cultivate detachment. One way to do this is to practice imagining yourself dead, or in the process…
Freedom was the price of privacy.

See all 72 quotes by Susanna Kaysen »

More Alcatraz Quotes

This quote is filed under Alcatraz Quotes, one of 7 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass. — Bob Hope
It's like an Alcatraz around my neck — Thomas Menino
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young… — Russell Means
You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother… — Gennifer Choldenko
I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the… — John Lydon
So, you wrecked Alcatraz Island, made Mount St. Helens explode, and displaced half a million people, but at least you're… — Rick Riordan

See all 7 Alcatraz Quotes »