“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
“Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.” ViewsWindowSan FranciscoInterruptedCheer UpGirl InterruptedAlcatraz Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.” IfsWorldJobsIf I CouldInterruptedGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It's like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what's beneath. That's why we grow it; we have something to hide.” CharacterShowsAgeGrowsHairSkinsIllnessScarSlipsDisguiseShieldsWrinklesInterruptedTissuesGirl InterruptedScar Tissue Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.” IfsChildrenLyingWishEnjoyDarkSecretForeverCrazyBrokenEnjoyedBrokennessInterruptedCrazinessBeing CrazyCrazy PeopleSwallowingAmplifyBeing BrokenDark SecretsGirl Interrupted 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
“I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. You hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.” KnowsWantTryingDiesHurtFitIt HurtsInterruptedWanting To DieSelf InjuryGirl 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
“Tell me that you don’t take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.” PrayingSkinsPressesDragBladesInterruptedGirl 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
