More or Less Maddy Quotes

“Her thirst is a toddler who begs for one more bedtime story after every last page, relentless, unreasonable, and never satisfied.”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy

“People pass her as if they can’t see her, as if she’s not really there. Maybe she’s as invisible as she feels.”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy

“I wish you could feel what it feels like to be in my head.” —Selena Gomez”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy

“But this (bipolar disorder) chose her. Without her consent, like an arranged marriage, till death do they part. She wants an annulment, a divorce, an open window onto a fire escape, a new doctor, a time machine. Some way out of this.”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy

“If she hadn’t been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she wouldn’t be going on a comedy tour in two weeks. None of the amazing things that have unfolded in her life would’ve happened without that fork in the road. Yes, that fork was scary and disruptive, but who wants to drive down a perfectly straight road for an entire lifetime?”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy

“I have bipolar disorder. Some people would say I am bipolar instead of I have bipolar. And that’s all good. You do you, but for me, it would feel weird to say I am something that I have.”
― Lisa Genova, More or Less Maddy