Here Lies the Reader

“And then in my thirties, I realised that everyone around me was burdened by grief, fear, pain, loneliness.”
― Alice Slater, Let the Bad Times Roll

“Humans should function as machines for turning earth into beauty, not sugar into fat,”
― Scarlett Thomas, The Sleepwalkers

“Well, yes, I realised I needed help making sense of my depression. I needed something to help me make sense of it all. Like I needed a life raft. I realised I needed something to cling to, a raft in the storm of my despair.”
― Alice Slater

“I realised I needed depression. I needed something to help me make sense of it all.”
― Alice Slater, Let the Bad Times Roll