Family Quote by Susannah Cahalan

I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.

— Susannah Cahalan

When you want to write well, wake up at 5 A.M.

— Susannah Cahalan

The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first 'I love you's' - chronicled in my 2012 memoir 'Brain on…

— Susannah Cahalan

On April 2, the nurses started my first round of five intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusions. The clear IV bags hung on a metal pole…

— Susannah Cahalan

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness,” Aristotle said.”

— Susannah Cahalan

In the world of online invitations, nothing is sacred. People will invite all 500 of their 'closest' friends to their birthday party - and…

— Susannah Cahalan

“The mind is like a circuit of Christmas tree lights. When the brain works well, all of the lights twinkle brilliantly, and it’s adaptable…

— Susannah Cahalan

“Stephen was alluring in that languid, stay-out-all-night kind of way: a musician with long, unkempt hair, a skinny smoker’s frame, and an encyclopedic knowledge…

— Susannah Cahalan

“A string of multicolored Christmas lights roped around the length of the yard, and Ryan Adams played in the background.”

— Susannah Cahalan

When my disease nearly destroyed me in 2009, my doctors thought I'd be lucky to regain 80 percent of my cognitive abilities. When I…

— Susannah Cahalan

“Someone once asked, "If you could take it all back, would you?" At the time I didn't know. Now I do. I wouldn't take…

— Susannah Cahalan

The most dangerous age is 14. If you know any teenagers, this might not come as a surprise, but research has confirmed that risk-taking…

— Susannah Cahalan