“The floor of ice cream parlor bothered me. It was black-and-white checkboard tile, bigger than supermarket checkboard. If I looked only at a white square, I would be all right, but it was hard to ignore the black squares that surrounded the white ones. The contrast got under my skin. The floor meant yes, no, this, that, up, down, day, night -all the indecisions and opposites that were bad enough in life without having them spelled out for you on the floor.”
Quote by Susanna Kaysen
Author
Susanna Kaysen
Susanna Kaysen is an American author best known for her autobiographical novel 'Girl, Interrupted,' which is based on her own experiences at the McLean Hospital psychiatric ward in the early 1960s. more
You May Also Like
“From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.”
Source: Ficciones
“She deserved at least one person who saw her and knew how good she was.”
“Her smile is like summer moonlight-beautiful and magical, with a fire that could melt the night.”
Source: Impulse
Source: Love is a Dog From Hell
“He's a boy, Kat. I hate to break it to you, but we are fundamentally different.”