As soon as I was out in the street, I realized I didn't want to be alone after all, I realized I didn't want to be anything at all.

Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish.

Very early in my life it was already too late.

Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore.

When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my eyes and I'm still where I was when I closed them to escape. Nothing's changed.

I wasn't just the madwoman in the attic--I was the attic itself. The past was all over me, all under me, all inside me.

Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent