Susanna Kaysen Quotes
GoodReads: Do People Still Ask You About Your Mental Health?
Susanna Kaysen: Well, They Used To A Lot. "Are You Still Crazy?" Was How People Put It. And I Would Say, "Yes, But I'm Older, So I'm More Used To It." It's Familiar. You've Been There, You've Done That, And It's Gone Away. I Think The Fact That You Can Feel Like It's The End Of The World And You're Going To Kill Yourself And Yet There's Some Part Of You That Says "this Has Happened Before." And By The Time You Get To The Point Where You Can Say "this Has Happened 137 Times Before," It's Better Than Saying "this Has Happened Four Times Before." So As You Get Older, There's A Little Ironist Or Cynic Or Somebody Inside You Who Says, "Yeah, Uh-huh. Right, OK, I've Heard That, I've Heard That.
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