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Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen Quotes

Total quotes: 5

Susanna Kaysen

Birthname

AKA: Susanna Kaysen

Birthday: November 11, 1948

Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer

Total quotes: 5

“Every cigarette still thrills me. The zing, the smell, the trail of vapor beside me, as if I am a tiny airplane. And I am a tiny airplane, going off on a brief trip to bliss.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Bright Leaf

Tagged: smoking, Nicotine, In Praise of Smoking, Cigarettes

“As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn’t have.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Tagged: Life, skills

“A thought is a hard thing to control.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Tagged: Thought, Mind, Thinking

“Scar tissue has no character. It’s not like skin. It doesn’t show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It’s like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what’s beneath. That’s why we grow it; we have something to hide.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Tagged: Scar, Anatomy, Symbolism

“Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is… Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever. They were not perfect, but they were my friends.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Tagged: crazy, Mad, Madness

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