“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.” ThinkingNeedsMindFirstsMeanStatesFormUsedOpportunitySuccessfulDemandFirst TimeOrganizationMurderSuicideMotiveState Of MindSuicidalGirl InterruptedGood Organization Author:Susanna Kaysen
“I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.” PeopleThinkingSadSuicideDebateGirl Interrupted Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy.” MadeWantedWindowTragedySuicideDebateKitchenStationsRehearsalSubwayGirl Interrupted Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“It was a spring day, the sort that gives people hope: all soft winds and delicate smells of warm earth. Suicide weather.” PeopleGivingEarthWindSpringSuicideWarmSmellWeatherDelicateSpring DayGirl Interrupted Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“But when they were done, I wondered if there would be a next time. I felt good. I wasn’t dead, yet something was dead. Perhaps I’d managed my peculiar objective of partial suicide. I was lighter, airier than I’d been in years.” IfsYearsDoneWould BeNextFeltSuicideObjectivesPeculiarNext TimeLighters Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.” MindStatesSuccessfulDemandOrganizationSuicideState Of MindSuicidalSelf HarmGirl InterruptedGood Organization Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
