Susanna Kaysen Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Susanna Kaysen:

My father was judgmental and kind of mean, and I'm like that. And he was very perfectionistic, and I'm like that. And he was very hard on himself, and I'm like that.
~Susanna Kaysen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/susanna-kaysen-quotes/#a70ff2d2

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/susanna-kaysen-quotes/#e489472f

You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.
~Susanna Kaysen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/susanna-kaysen-quotes/#68f56b8c

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.
~Susanna Kaysen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/susanna-kaysen-quotes/#1aa77611

I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and don't want to go to a party. I just want to stay home and read my murder mysteries and try to write and cook dinner.
~Susanna Kaysen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/susanna-kaysen-quotes/#a3171668

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