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

“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

“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

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

“What?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I should run.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“This man is lying to me.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“No.” Dr. Beck frowns. “He’s not ‘a schizophrenic.’ We don’t refer to patients that way. Miguel is a human being, and he’s more than his psychiatric diagnosis. He is not a schizophrenic—he’s a man who has schizophrenia. Do you understand”
― 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

“Taylor Swift posters on the walls”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I could type in the code and make sure Sawyer is okay in there.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“There’s something very wrong with me. What am I going to do?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“That was an actual question on the test. How do you answer something like that?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Maybe realized that I didn’t do what I did to ruin her life. That I didn’t have a choice.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“He could be a medical student.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I still remember her matted hair and wild eyes when I came to visit. She didn’t look like my best friend anymore—more like a wild animal closed up in a cage. But the thing that sticks with me most—the thing I will never forget—are the words she spit out at me just seconds before I ran out of the unit, swearing to myself I would never return ever again: You should be the one locked up here, Amy.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Back when my best friend was a patient there.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“The truth is, I’ve already seen Ward D. I visited it once before, nearly a decade ago.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“If they were well controlled, the unit wouldn’t have to be locked, would it?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“You can’t even tell that he spent a night in the ICU a year ago,”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“He’ll never be anything.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“No.” Dr. Beck frowns. “He’s not ‘a schizophrenic.’ We don’t refer to patients that way. Miguel is a human being”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D