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Susanna Kaysen
“We say that Columbus discovered America and Newton discovered gravity, as though America and gravity weren't there until Columbus and Newton got wind of them.”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen
“Our hospital was famous and housed many great poets and singers. Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness?”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen
“Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen
“I'm your mind", it claims. "You can't parse ME into dendrites and synapses”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen
“Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression.
Isn't there some other way to look at this? After all, angst of these dimensions is a luxury item. You need to be well fed, clothes, and housed to have time for this much self-pity.”
Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

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