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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon

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“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

tags: insightful

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“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: action, community, daring, loneliness, purpose, youth

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“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: disillusionment, growing-up, humor

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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“Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, 'Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency'.”
― Kurt Vonnegut , Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!

tags: decency, humor, love, respect

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