119 Quotes About Schizophrenia
- Author Neal Shusterman
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The only thing you have for measuring what's real is your mind . . . so what happens when your mind becomes a pathological liar?
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- Author Mira Bartok
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We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.
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- Author Elyn R. Saks
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There’s a tremendous need to implode the myths of mental illness, to put a face on it, to show people that a diagnosis does not have to lead to a painful and oblique life....We who struggle with these disorders can lead full, happy, productive lives, if we have the right resources.
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- Author Julia Walton
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Death I understand. There are plenty of people willing to die to achieve ridiculous results. But I really don't think any drug could justify the possibility of anal leakage. If anything ever drips out of my ass as a result of the treatment I'm receiving, the cure is clearly not worth it. Please kill me.
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- Author J. Randy Taraborrelli
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While her moment-to-moment experiences may have been torturous, Gladys was still able to complete tasks. For instance, she could show up for work on time, go grocery shopping, and remember to water the plants. Therefore, if someone’s life could be judged solely by her daily agenda, Gladys Baker would have appeared quite unspectacular. Yet it was how she experienced and reacted to the string of events that made her different.
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- Author Philip K. Dick
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I had insight and yet I did not; one part of me knew and understood, the rest seethe like a captured animal that yearns to get back to its own environment, it's own familiar places.
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- Author Giles Deleuze
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Our society produces schizos the same way it produces Prell Shampoo and Ford cars, the only difference being that the schizos are not salable.
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- Author Vivian Barz
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It was the way they had exploited his schizophrenia to their advantage, wielding it to maim a man who was already mentally crippled.
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- Author Neal Shusterman
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It’s more than that now. I can’t tell the difference between what’s part of me and what’s not.
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