Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are all things that in and of themselves do not make a life. If you lean on them too hard, you'll find that there's not much there. But if you add up a lot of things that aren't in and of themselves enough, it almost starts to add up to something.
Mark VonnegutOnce you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.
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 Vonnegut