Don't cut bangs with a hatchet. Don't do brain surgery with a pickax. Joanne Greenberg More Quotes by Joanne Greenberg More Quotes From Joanne Greenberg The hidden strength is too deep a secret. But in the end...in the end it is our only ally. Joanne Greenberg alliesmental-healthsecret The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular. Joanne Greenberg helldevilpeople There is nothing that you can do to me that my own craziness doesn't do to me smarter and faster and better. Joanne Greenberg crazinessmy-ownfaster "I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else" Joanne Greenberg crazyhalfsorry I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else." The second part was more a plea, and to her surprise the superbly inhuman fighter smiled softly and said, "Yes ... I suppose that's true, though I never thought of it in those terms before. Joanne Greenberg crazyhalfsorry ...to experience the reality was to suffer a boredom as endless as the illness itself...the boredom of insanity was a great desert, so great that anyone's violence or agony seemed an oasis, and the brief companionship seemed like a rain in the desert that was numbered and counted and remembered long after it was gone. Joanne Greenberg oasisrainreality If I want to die, what am I saving myself for? Joanne Greenberg suicidalsavingwant Worrying is one of my few forms of prayer. Joanne Greenberg formprayerworry The horror of the Pit lay in the emergence from it, with the return of her will, her caring, and her feeling of the need for meaning before the return of the meaning itself". Joanne Greenberg caringfeelingsneeds all children blackmail their parents with their innocence. Joanne Greenberg innocenceparentchildren Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion. Joanne Greenberg hatecompassionjoy I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself, and when I asked him why he did such things, he said, 'Why before the world does them.' I asked him then, 'Why not wait and see what the world will do?' and he said, 'Don't you see? It always come at last, but this way at least I am master of my own destruction. Joanne Greenberg practicewaitingdoe Anybody can hear - it takes brains to listen. Joanne Greenberg listeningbrain The creative strength is good enough and deep enough to bring itself to flower and to grow in spite of this sickness. Joanne Greenberg sicknessflowercreative suicide is a crime - the only crime that, if successful, guarantees that the perpetrator will not be punished for it. This makes it the most serious crime of all. Joanne Greenberg guarantees-thatsuccessfulsuicide The rose-garden world of perfection is a lie and a bore too! Joanne Greenberg gardenperfectionlying What cook can match herself against hunger and memory? Joanne Greenberg hungercookingmemories The woman was sane; she accepted the heavy penalties of reality and enjoyed its gifts also. Joanne Greenberg penaltiesacceptedreality A humane and authentic book written by another voice from the trenches. Joanne Greenberg trenchesvoicebook At least being nuts is being somewhere. Joanne Greenberg nuts
