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“Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family can't go into the hospital, one person is designated as crazy and goes inside.”

Susanna Kaysen livre Girl, Interrupted

“Light like this does not exist, but we wish it did. We wish the sun could make us young and beautiful, we wish our clothes could glisten and ripple against our skins, most of all, we wish that everyone we knew could be brightened simply by our looking at them.”

Susanna Kaysen livre Girl, Interrupted

“Quite often social contrariness and a generally pessimistic outlook are observed. Alternation between dependency and self-assertion is common.”

Susanna Kaysen livre 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 takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.”

Susanna Kaysen livre Girl, Interrupted