Quotes by : Susanna Kaysen

Freedom was the price of privacy.

Don’t ask me those questions! Don’t ask me what life means or how we know reality or why we have....

Recovered. Had my personality crossed over that border, whatever and wherever it was, to resume life....

Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is… Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret.....

Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.

I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the....

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family....

Nothing," I said. "It's quiet. It's like― I don't know. It's like falling off a cliff." I laughed.....