“How could I say for certain that I wasn't, if I couldn't say for certain that a curtain wasn't a mountain range.” GirlInterrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“The girl at her music sits in another sort of light,the fitful,overcast light of lie,by which we see ourselves and others only imprefectly, and seldom..-Girl,Interrupted” LightLyingGirlInterruptedGirl InterruptedOvercast Author:Susanna Kaysen
“This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted” MayFeelingsGirlPeriodsBehaviorStressExtremesInterruptedNumbnessAriesGirl InterruptedDepersonalization Author:Susanna Kaysen
“I had an inspiration once. I woke up one morning and I knew that it was my task to swallow fifty asprin.It was my task:my job for the day.-17 Girl Interrupted” InspirationJobsGirlMorningTasksFiftyInterruptedGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Being crasy doesn't mean to be broken...It is you and me amplified", Girl, Interrupted” MeanGirlBrokenInterruptedGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.” StillsDreamMovingGirlCrazySittingBlueTrainConfusedCashStolenInterruptedSitting StillJust A GirlGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music: as my life had been, interrupted in the music of being seventeen, as her life had been, snatched and fixed on canvas: one moment made to stand still and to stand for all the other moments, whatever they would be or might have been. What life can recover from that?” Has BeensMadeStillsMomentsMightWould BeGirlPaintingTitlesFixedCanvasMight Have BeenInterruptedSeventeenGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen