Fear that I was very different from everyone else. Fear that deep down inside I was a shallow fraud, that after the revolution or after Jesus came down to straighten everything out, everyone from hippies to hard-hats would unfold and blossom into the beautiful people they were while I would remain a gnarled little wart in the corner, oozing bile and giving off putrid smells.
Mark VonnegutWith mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; youโre zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all.
Mark VonnegutWho but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?
Mark VonnegutAs well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.
Mark Vonnegut