“and just like that, I shut off the switch to my brain.”

“I wished there was some kind of switch on my brain. That I could turn it off in the same way that I could turn off the television. Just click it off and immediately empty my mind of all these images and worrying thoughts. And simply leave a blank screen. Or if I could just remove my head and put it on the bedside table and forget about it until morning. And then attach it again when I needed it.”

“If I don't shut down my brain soon, my imagination will take off so far about what could be with this guy, that nothing will ever just be.-- Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist”

“My brain is like a water faucet that I can turn on or off. Only now there is no off and the water of thoughts just flows.”

“My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.”

“I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on.”