Ward D Quotes

“Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape. For an hour or two, I get to be part of the book world instead of my own much more boring world.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“A mental health diagnosis is not a death sentence. All the patients in this unit are just trying to get better.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“A mental health diagnosis is not a death sentence.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I always made time to read. Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape. For an hour or two, I get to be part of the book world instead of my own much more boring world.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“It might be over. But I definitely have not won.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I scan the room, from my Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift posters on the walls to my pink and green bedspread to my bookcase and the trophy I won last year”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“There are a bunch of mugs lined up by the sink. I pick up one that says “If you’re happy and you know it, thank your meds.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“How does somebody get to the point where their brain stops functioning like a normal brain? That their reality completely breaks from the reality that every other person in the world lives in? And what’s to stop it from happening to anyone else?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“there are heavy gray clouds are”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Well, what can I say? I love peach iced tea.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Mrs. Pritchett proceeds to show me about five billion Polaroid photos of her brand new kitten.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“After all, there’s nothing worse than losing your mind.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“After all, if you meet someone who is truly mentally ill, that’s the only way to know that you’re sane.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“If you’re happy and you know it”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I always made time to read. Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“But I always made time to read. Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“And it will be all your fault.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“folie à deux?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Iam going to be spending the next thirteen hours of my life in a locked psychiatric ward.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“idea that what he just said was complete nonsense. How does somebody get to the point where their brain stops functioning like a normal brain? That their reality completely breaks from the reality that every other person in the world lives in? And what’s to stop it from happening to anyone else?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I always loved to read too.” I flip through his dog-eared copy of Owen Meany. “Whenever we were assigned to read a book in school, I would always finish it after two days, even though we were only assigned to read like two chapters.” “That just makes you a nerd,” he says. “I, on the other hand, was a reading renegade. In class, while the teacher was teaching a lesson, I would be reading a book under my desk. I actually got detention for reading. My teacher was always saying, ‘Will, put that book away!”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“mental health diagnosis is not a death sentence. All the patients in this unit are just trying to get better.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“If they were well controlled, the unit wouldn’t have to be locked, would it? But that’s not the real reason I am dreading my night on Ward D. I can’t tell Dr. Sleepy the real reason I was tossing and turning last night. I can’t tell anyone the real reason I’m desperately terrified of Ward D.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“in fact,”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I glance at the stack of books on his dresser. I hadn’t noticed it before but he was reading A Prayer for Owen Meany, which is one of my favorite books of all time. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anyone approximately my age reading that book before, and I’m not sure how to feel that the first person I’ve seen reading it is in a psychiatric ward. “What?” Will says. “That’s my favorite book,” I say. “Owen Meany.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“The code is 347244,” he tells us.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“in my house, there were so many rules. You had to put away your toys after playing with them. Dishes had to go right in the dishwasher after use. You had to brush your teeth before bed.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“The thought of not being able to use my phone soon is nothing short of terrifying. It’s like having my arm amputated.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I don’t know why you don’t just block him!” She’s right—I should block him. And I will. Maybe tomorrow.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“which looks like the kind of computer”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D