They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I'm constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
They thought depression was like bieng 'depressed'. They thought it was like being in a bad mood, only worse. Therefore, they tried… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Desdemona, mourning her parents, was still imprisoned by the past. And so she stood on the mountain, looking down at the emancipated… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Household objects lost meaning. A bedside clock became a hunk of molded plastic, telling something called time, in a world marking its… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
That was when Leonard realized something crucial about depression. The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“...between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get OFF of. You can't get CLEAN from depression.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“One thing I learned, between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get off of. You can't… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I don't want to ruin your life," Leonard said in a gentler tone. "You're not ruining it." "The drugs just slow the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Often he had the impression that the person answering questions from the scratchy armchair was a dummy he was controlling, that this… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“...that manic depression, far from being a liability was an advantage. It was a selected trait. If it wasn't selected for, then… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Mania was a mental state every bit as dangerous as depression. At first, however, it felt like a rush of euphoria. You… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Only the Lisbon house remained dark, a tunnel, an emptiness, past our smoke and flames.” — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.” — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
“The window was still open,” Mr Lisbon said. “I don’t think we’d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
I was aware that you weren't supposed to write about suburbia, that it was undignified in some way, the subject matter not momentous enough.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
“Dr. Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. Within five minutes of the transfusion he declared her out of danger. Chucking her under the chin,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
“I don't approve of women driving, mind you. And now they get to vote!" He grumbled to himself. "Remember that play we saw ("The… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
Normality wasn't normal. It couldn't be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share
