Quotes by Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

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Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is… Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me amplifie — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Kaysen elaborates through parts of the book on her thoughts about how mental illness is treated. She explains that famil — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
I wasn't convinced I was crazy, though I feared I was. Some people say that having any conscious opinion on the matter i — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music: as my life had been — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Nothing," I said. "It's quiet. It's like― I don't know. It's like falling off a cliff." I laughed. "I guess my life will — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It ta — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Why did she do it? Nobody dared to ask. Because - what courage! Who had the courage to burn herself? Twenty aspirin, a l — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the su — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
An observer can’t tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixi — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Freedom was the price of privacy. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Viscosity occurs on a cellular level. And so does velocity.In contrast to viscosity's cellular coma, velocity endows eve — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the security screens, — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Now, I would say to myself, you are feeling alienated from people and unlike other people, therefore you are projecting — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act? — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
She wasn't blotto, she was plotting. — Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted