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“Other illnesses, from alcoholism to heart disease, mask depression when it causes them; if one takes that into consideration, depression may be the biggest killer on earth.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“My goal is to stay safely in between self-analysis and self-destruction.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon

“I had thought that when you feel your worst your tears flood, but the very worst pain is the arid pain of total violation that comes after the tears are all used up, the pain that stops up every space through which you once metered the world, or the world, you. This is the presence of major depression.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

“Grief is a humble angel who leaves you with strong, clear thoughts and a sense of your own depth. Depression is a demon who leaves you appalled.”
― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon