“Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.” IfsLooksPersonsStillsLife IsCausesOppositesSilentBusyStillnessObserversFascinationInner LifeVelocity Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to look at this? After all, angst of these dimensions is a luxury item. You need to be well fed, clothes, and housed to have time for this much self-pity.” WayNeedsWellsLooksSelfFeltDespairClothesPityLuxuryBoredomDimensionsEmptinessFedsItemsAngstSelf PityDesolationUnderstatementLuxury Items Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back... Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our minds...” MindBelieveLooksMomentsSecretGrowing UpGrowingGirl Interrupted Author:Susanna Kaysen
“You could also "request" to be locked into the seclusion room. Not many people made that request. You had to "request" to get out too. A nurse would look through the chicken wire and decide if you were ready to come out. Somewhat like looking at a cake through the glass of the oven door.” PeopleIfsLooksMadeRoomsDoorsReadyGlassesChickensCakeNurseLockedWireRequestOvensSeclusion Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“By the time we hit the streets they were silent and closed in on us, and they had assumed the Nonchalant Look, an expression that said, I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor. But they were, and we were their six lunatics, so we behaved like lunatics.” LooksSaidStreetsExpressionSixSilentIceNurseCreamIce CreamParlorNonchalantEscorting Author:Susanna Kaysen
