Top 25 Quotes by Mark Vonnegut of 36 - Page 2

I saw a study the other day showing that some atypical anti-psychotic was at least as good as mood stabilizers in preventing suicide. It's a very good thing to decrease suicide but we should care at least a little if

I saw a study the other day showing that some atypical anti-psychotic was at least as good as mood stabilizers in preventing suicide. It's a very good thing to decrease suicide but we should care at least a little if I'm not killing myself because I feel better or if I just can't remember where I put the damn gun.

Mark Vonnegut

Suicide, Feel Better, Gun

Without writers fooling themselves about what their books might accomplish there would be no books at all.

Mark Vonnegut

Book, Would Be, Might

Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.45, Delacorte Press

As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.

Mark Vonnegut

Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Worst

Mark Vonnegut (2011). “The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity”, p.223, Seven Stories Press

Well, I thought, last night I paid my dues. I faced death. Now I can stay.

Mark Vonnegut

Night, Lasts, Mental Illness

Mark Vonnegut (2011). “The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity”, p.85, Seven Stories Press

I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.

Mark Vonnegut

Military, Real, Sacrifice

I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it.

Mark Vonnegut

War, People, Important

Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.

Mark Vonnegut

Crazy, Knowing, Schizophrenia

Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.

Mark Vonnegut

Talking, Voice, World

Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.163, Delacorte Press

My mother, who was radiant, young, and beautiful even as she lay dying, heard voices and saw visions, but she always managed to make friends with them and was much too charming to hospitalize even at her craziest.

Mark Vonnegut

Beautiful, Mother, Voice

Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.6, Delacorte Press