Lori

“To take medication as part of the battle is to battle fiercely, and to refuse it would be as ludicrously self-destructive as entering a modern war on horseback. It is not weak to take medications; it does not mean that you can’t cope with your personal life; it is courageous.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“To take medication as part of the battle is to battle fiercely, and to refuse it would be as ludicrously self-destructive as entering a modern war on horseback. It is not weak to take medications; it does not mean that you can’t cope with your personal life; it is courageous. Nor is it weak to seek help from a wise therapist.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“I deplore the cynics who keep suffering patients from the essentially benign cures that might give them back their lives.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“Beer” didn’t give birth to civilization alone. The desire to hold bigger and better feasts featuring, yes, beer, but also piles of food and music, is what led to the birth of human civilization. We literally started building towns and, eventually, cities so that we could throw cooler parties.”
― Robert Evans, A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization