You see, the nightmare of schizophrenia... is not knowing what's true. Imagine... if you had suddenly learned that the people and the places... and the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead... but worse, had never been. A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen Sad Quotes
He found out who was cobbling shoes for me at night. Turns out I have severe schizophrenia. The Simpsons Season 14 Episode 8 C. Carlton «Carl» Carlson junior
— What about the... Well, you know. Are they gone? — No, they're not gone. And maybe they never will be. But I've gotten used to ignoring them, and I think they've given up on me. You think that's what it's like with all our dreams and our nightmares, Martin? You've got to keep feeding them for them to stay alive? — John, they haunt you though. — They're my past, Martin. Everybody is haunted by their past. A Beautiful Mind Martin Hansen John Nash illusions past nightmares dreams
— You can't come up with a formula to change the way you experience the world. — All I have to do is apply my mind. A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen John Nash hallucinations Sad Quotes
When I was a freshman, there was this girl at our school who was a junior, and she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. She was part of the make-a-wish foundation, so before she died, they had some boy band come to our school and have lunch with her as part of her wish. It was a really touching thing. It was all people could talk about for weeks. But it got me thinking. When you're a cancer kid, people can't wait to flock to your aid and are so eager to Grant any wish you have before you die. But when you have schizophrenia, people can't wait to make you someone else's problem. That's why we end up on the streets, screaming at nothing, waiting to die. No one wants to Grant our wishes. Words on Bathroom Walls Adam Petrazelli disease