How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I can't tell you what was different this time around, only that when I woke up, I felt deader than usual. Awake, yeah, but completely empty, like someone had been feasting on my blood. (1.6)
Finch's last depressive episode really took something out of him. It sounds like his illness is getting worse, not better.
Quote #2
I smile so she can see what I mean. Everything where it should be, on the outside at least. (1.26)
Finch implies that there's something wrong on the inside, where people can't see. We soon learn that's true.
Quote #3
The fact is, I was sick, but not in an easily explained flu kind of way. It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other recognizable disease just to make it simple for me and also for them. (1.86)
One of the problems with mental illness is there's no "proof" on the surface, where people can see. That doesn't mean it's not real, though.