Susanna Kaysen

“Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco.”

“The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't. Anythin...”

“Asa had a sharp understanding of the future--that is, a time when this would be past. Time was rushing through and around him, he almost heard it whistling, and this awareness rounded the wo...”

“Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.”