A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

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

Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

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

I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor.