The Gospel According to a Basket-Case Quotes

“The truth is, the path to skid row isn't always laced in crystal meth - there is no concrete path that leads to insanity. Crazy is really just you or me and one bad day that leads to several more bad days. It's those of us who were forgotten about. Those of us who couldn't get help in time. Those of us with a disease that was misdiagnosed.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“Welcome to the world of the deranged. You'll either die here or be released, but once you've come here, you don't leave - not completely at least.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“Is there a scale for sanity? Was I ever really insane? How insane had I been? For years I'd held onto the label of insanity as both a medal of freedom and a scarlet letter. Insanity granted me permission to do as I felt. If I wanted to take my shoes off and jump in puddles in the parking lot of a grocery store, I could. I wasn't scared of the world around me and I wasn't scared of others. Insanity had granted me permission to run through the rain naked. Insanity had also locked me in dark rooms for days. Insanity added weight to my body and then starved me. Insanity ruined friendships and relationships. Insanity gave me an excuse to not apologize. Insanity has a duality we don't discuss. I decided somewhere between Cuba and Spain that we all have a little insanity in us.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“What I am reveals unwanted truths about what they are: a piece of Americana - a broken person from a fractured country. I'm a product of America. I'm an American.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“When you're stoned, a month feels like a minute, but when it's leaving your system, a minute can last several years, maybe even the rest of your life.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“To face him would be to face all the horrible things I am capable of doing to someone. To face him would be to face my ability to throw love in the blender and watch it turn to mush, and then try to snort the mush.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“Crazy starts with a flicker; the flicker will soon turn into a flame, turning everything into ash. In the isolation of my darkness, I first noticed my life's ashes building at the tips of my cigarettes. The real world, my world, my sanity and insanity... they all become the same.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“Every leaf fell off every tree in one day. That's when it started raining. It started raining and it never stopped. The streets filled with water and I was up to my neck trying to remember how to swim, but I couldn't. I couldn't remember anything. My arms grew tired and I thought to myself, 'where the fuck is a life jacket?”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case

“I didn't understand that for some, happiness is a pill that comes in extended release.”
― Trevor Church, The Gospel According to a Basket-Case