“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.”
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
― Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
“Love flows like flowers, and grows like water. I’m so thirsty for romance I could drink a dozen roses.”
― This Book is Not for Sale
― This Book is Not for Sale
“If it’s the last kiss, we’d better make it last. I hope you don’t have anywhere to be, because I have the rest of my life free.”
― This Book is Not for Sale
― This Book is Not for Sale
“I was so tired of fighting. Tired of hurting. Tired of the guilt that never released me, and the regrets that could not be changed. I didn't want this life. They're were only so many times I could hear that I should never have been born, before I wished it to be true.”
― Out of Breath
― Out of Breath
“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”
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