Flora Rheta Schreiber Quotes

Flora Rheta Schreiber , an American journalist, was the author of the 1973 bestseller Sybil, the story of a woman who had a dissociative identity disorder and allegedly had 16 different personalities. As Mason had insisted on protection of her privacy, Schreiber gave her the cover identity of Sybil Isabel Dorsett.

Schreiber was an English instructor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for many years. She later wrote The Shoemaker, a book documenting the true story of Joseph Kallinger, a serial killer who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Schreiber's papers are housed in the Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections at John Jay College. The collection is comprehensive documentation of her life and career. Wikipedia

✵ 24. April 1918 – 3. November 1988

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Famous Flora Rheta Schreiber Quotes

“You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.”

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Source: Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe.”

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Source: Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

“i have no point in procrastinating any longer..”

Flora Rheta Schreiber

“There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.”

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Source: Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

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