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“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“I am going to destroy everything you love.”
― Queen of Shadows
― Queen of Shadows
“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.”
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“A creeping fear of madness often accompanies depression. Sufferers wonder if their black moods will ever lift, or if their feelings of alienation from the healthy world will deepen and widen. “These fears are at least fifty percent of what it is to be melancholy,”
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
“Modern researchers have identified one or more major mood disorders in John Quincy Adams, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickinson, Benjamin Disraeli, William James, William Tecumseh Sherman, Robert Schumann, Leo Tolstoy, Queen Victoria, and many others. We may accurately call these luminaries “mentally ill,” a label that has some use—as did our early diagnosis of Lincoln—insofar as it indicates the depth, severity, and quality of their trouble. However, if we get stuck on the label, we may miss the core fascination, which is how illness can coexist with marvelous well-being. In”
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
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