Susanna Kaysen Quote

Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.

Girl, Interrupted (ed. Vintage, 2013) - ISBN: 9780804151115