Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.

I wanted to die. I had a panic attack.

It was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it.

If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page.

For people considering suicide, it is bullshit. Endure the moment.

Have you made any plans? Take an overdose, slash my wrists then hang myself. All those things together? It couldn't possibly be misconstrued as a cry for help.

Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.

Twenty aspirin, a little slit alongside the veins of the arm, maybe even a bad half hour standing on a roof: We've all had those. And somewhat more dangerous things, like putting a gun in your mouth. But you put it there, you taste it, it's cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you've been planning, when you'll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You'll have to find another way.

I am too busy thinking about killing myself.

I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp into the water, and I did go part way, but I stopped. I went again and stopped. I then got out of the car and stood by the car a nervous wreck.

When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.

People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them.

It’s bullshit. When people are dying, bureaucracy should be thrown out. I saw a guy kill himself at the Superdome. Two policemen have committed suicide.

The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers.

The Trevor Project provides crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens and young adults. It's truly a lifeline to so many young people who just need someone to listen to them.

I remember I was so depressed I was going to jump out a window on the tenth floor; they sent a priest up to talk to me and he said, ' On your mark...'

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act." And they do calm down.

Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.

I don't think I was ever...trying to kill myself but I knew that if I'd ever gone too far...I wouldn't care.