Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

Instead of seeing too much meaning, I didn’t see any meaning.

We can’t both be right. Does it matter which of us is right?

Fantasies don’t include repercussions.

My head was empty and I liked it that way.

I need to know the particulars of craziness so I can assure myself that I’m not crazy.

Was I crazy or right?

will make frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.

It’s accurate but it isn’t profound.