98 quotes found
“I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.”
“It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was...”
“Sanity is over-rated. It lacks color.”
“Whats more insane? Hearing imaginary voices? Or not hearing the real ones?”
“We dont go in for that psychodynamic stuff around here. Those guys will talk you to death, clean out your bank account while they are doing it, and then invite you to come back and express your inn...”
“John raised an eyebrow. So you wouldnt date someone like you?Oh, hell, no. Im insane, but that would be nuts.”
“Mind over matter represents the triumph of will over physical hindrance. Our thoughts are our weapon against the world.”
“Imagine how many suicide victims would still be with us, if only the right person said the right thing at the right time.”
“They're simply seeking an interlude from emotional pain and searing mental agony, a sleep from which they'll awaken to discover they're the person they always wanted to be.”
“Bear no malice for the ones who leave you.”
“An observer cant tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.”
“Rising from the ashes, I am born again,powerful, exultant, majestic through all the pain.”
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Dont embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life difficulties might serve to benefit and enhance your writing. Thats damaging. ...”
“I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else." The second part was more a plea, and to her surprise the superbly inhu...”
“To think too much is a disease.”
“But Hey, Guess What Crazy means I'm not liablefor my actions. So screw it, I'll go home, propped up on Prozac against distractions”
“Sometimes, when you want to help a broken person, your attempts only remind them of their missing pieces.”
“I've learned to be comforted in the dark spot of my mind.”
“Mental health is usually the last place people go when they think about someone being sick.”
“People can't listen until they're ready. I sure couldn't. I was, like, deaf to everyone except the thoughts. They were the boss of me.”
