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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon

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Gay Girl Prayers by Emily R. Austin

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If authority is granted by order and Adam was formed before Eve then suffer not a man to teach nor usurp authority over dust but to be in silence— for dust was formed first, then Adam.

“Do you have difficulty sleeping?”
“Sometimes not. When I do it’s bad, though. I lie there thinking about how everything I’ve done is a failure, death and failure, and there’s no hope for me except being homeless, because I’m never going to be able to hold a job because everyone else is so much smarter.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

tags: depression, excuse, mental-ward, people

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“Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.”
― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

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