Forgotten Bones Quotes

“It was amazing the things a person could get used to when they really had no other choice.”
― Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones

“When people asked about his schizophrenia, Eric, who didn’t exactly flaunt his illness but wasn’t ashamed of it, either, offered up the comparison of alcoholism. Not every drunk is a single bourbon away from skid row, just like every schizophrenic is not a tatty-haired, crazy-eyed gunman who delights in murdering alien-people from clock towers. There are functioning alcoholics just as there are functioning schizophrenics, individuals who work, maintain homes, and have hobbies, goals, and relationships like every other slob on the planet.”
― Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones

“Like each morning he was putting his identity on inside out while dressing in the dark.”
― Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones

“It was the way they had exploited his schizophrenia to their advantage, wielding it to maim a man who was already mentally crippled.”
― Vivian Barz, Forgotten Bones