“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
“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. Then, depending on how the rest of the family is feeling that person is kept inside or snatched out, to prove something about the family's mental health.” PersonsFeelingsCrazyProveDepressionMental HealthHospitalsGirl InterruptedDesignated Hitter Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“Don't separate the mind from the body. Don't separate even character - you can't. Our unit of existence is a body, a physical, tangible, sensate entity with perceptions and reactions that express it and form it simultaneously. Disease is one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to understand what the disease has to say to her.” MindPersonsCharacterBodyFormLanguageExistenceDiseasePerceptionDoctorsReactionsEntityUnitsTangible Book:The Camera My Mother Gave Me Source: The Camera My Mother Gave Me
“Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to understand what the disease has to say to her.” PersonsLanguageDiseaseDoctors Book:The Camera My Mother Gave Me Source: The Camera My Mother Gave Me
“An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.” IfsPersonsStillsLife IsSilentBusyObserversInner LifeVelocity Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
