The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore.

The girl at her music sits in another sort of light,the fitful,overcast light of lie,by which we see ourselves and others only imprefectly, and seldom..-Girl,Interrupted

When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.

I had an inspiration once. I woke up one morning and I knew that it was my task to swallow fifty asprin.It was my task:my job for the day.-17 Girl Interrupted

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future.