“The people who succeed despite depression do three things. First, they seek an understanding of what's happening. They they accept that this is a permanent situation. And then they have to transcend their experience and grow from it and put themselves out into the world of real people.”
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
“I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand”
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality and my life, as I write this, is vital even when sad. I may wake up sometime next year without my mind again; it is not likely to stick around all the time. Meanwhile, however, I have discovered what I would have to call a soul, a part of myself I could never have imagined until one day, seven years ago, when hell came to pay me a surprise visit. It's a precious discovery. Almost every day I feel momentary flashes of hopelessness and wonder every time whether I am slipping. For a petrifying instant here and there, a lightning-quick flash, I want a car to run me over...I hate these feelings but, but I know that they have driven me to look deeper at life, to find and cling to reasons for living, I cannot find it in me to regret entirely the course my life has taken. Every day, I choose, sometimes gamely, and sometimes against the moment's reason, to be alive. Is that not a rare joy?”
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
“Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.”
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
― The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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