There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.

Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family can't go into the hospital, one person is designated as crazy and goes inside. Then, depending on how the rest of the family is feeling that person is kept inside or snatched out, to prove something about the family's mental health.

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

When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound.

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.

Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to understand what the disease has to say to her.