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> [“One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/one-thing-i-know-is-true-try-never-to-abandon-hope-for-if-you-do-hope/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

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> [“Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/try-never-to-abandon-hope-for-if-you-do-hope-will-surely-try-to/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

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## More by Sally Brampton

> [“One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/one-thing-i-know-is-true-try-never-to-abandon-hope-for-if-you-do-hope/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“If our minds can hold us back, then they can push us forwards too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/if-our-minds-can-hold-us-back-then-they-can-push-us-forwards-too/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Imagine saying to somebody that you have a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, and being told to pull yourself together or get over it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/imagine-saying-to-somebody-that-you-have-a-life-threatening-illness/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“I once read a theory about ‘positive thinking’ that seems to be true or, at least, made a sufficient impression on me to remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/i-once-read-a-theory-about-positive-thinking-that-seems-to-be-true-or/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state, defines you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/bad-enough-to-be-ill-but-to-feel-compelled-to-deny-the-very-thing/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“What we resist, will persist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/what-we-resist-will-persist/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/killing-oneself-is-anyway-a-misnomer-we-don-t-kill-ourselves-we-are/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“I would not wish depression on anybody. And yet, it taught me a lot. I have not become suddenly mawkishly grateful for my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/i-would-not-wish-depression-on-anybody-and-yet-it-taught-me-a-lot-i/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“It is two years since I emerged from depression and I no longer want myself dead. I want myself alive. I am no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/it-is-two-years-since-i-emerged-from-depression-and-i-no-longer-want/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/as-weird-as-it-might-seem-to-some-people-there-is-nothing-i-love-more/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [In this cash-rich, time-poor culture of ours, the most precious commodity we have is time...volunteering our precious time, is in this brutally self-involved world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/in-this-cash-rich-time-poor-culture-of-ours-the-most-precious/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/try-never-to-abandon-hope-for-if-you-do-hope-will-surely-try-to/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Sometimes," says a fellow depressive, "I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's how I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/sometimes-says-a-fellow-depressive-i-wish-i-was-in-a-full-body-cast/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“Wanting to die (or 'suicidal ideation'as the experts would have it) goes hand in hand with the illness. It is a symptom of severe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/wanting-to-die-or-suicidal-ideation-as-the-experts-would-have-it-goes/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

> [“I find it easy to spot a depressive. The illness is scrawled across them like graffiti.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-brampton/i-find-it-easy-to-spot-a-depressive-the-illness-is-scrawled-across/)

[Sally Brampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-brampton/)

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