--- title: "4 Bipolar Quotes By Terri Cheney" description: "4 Bipolar quotes by Terri Cheney. Plus more from Terri Cheney and more Bipolar sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/terri-cheney-27205_bipolar_i-actually-stopped-talking-i-actually-li_1153042.jpg" --- > [“I actually stopped talking. I actually listened. So I knew that I wasn't all the way manic, because when you're all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/i-actually-stopped-talking-i-actually-listened-so-i-knew-that-i-wasn/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/terri-cheney-27205_bipolar_i-actually-stopped-talking-i-actually-li_1153042.jpg) > [“The world is essentially bipolar: driven to extremes but defined by flux. Saints are always just a stumble away from sinners. Nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-world-is-essentially-bipolar-driven-to-extremes-but-defined-by/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/terri-cheney-27205_bipolar_the-world-is-essentially-bipolar-driven_1995730.jpg) > [“At least when I was an adult, I had a name for what was wrong with me: manic depression. It's easier to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/at-least-when-i-was-an-adult-i-had-a-name-for-what-was-wrong-with-me/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/terri-cheney-27205_bipolar_at-least-when-i-was-an-adult-i-had-a-nam_3125420.jpg) > [“I won't say that writing tamed the Black Beast. It soothed him, though, enough so he agreed simply to occupy a corner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/i-won-t-say-that-writing-tamed-the-black-beast-it-soothed-him-though/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/terri-cheney-27205_bipolar_i-won-t-say-that-writing-tamed-the-black_3167266.jpg) ## Other authors on Bipolar - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kay-redfield-jamison-55816.jpg) Kay Redfield Jamison 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/kay-redfield-jamison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stanley-victor-paskavich-86694.jpg) Stanley Victor Paskavich 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/stanley-victor-paskavich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carrie-fisher-21391.jpg) Carrie Fisher 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/carrie-fisher/) - [David Lovelace 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/david-lovelace/) - [Andy Behrman 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/andy-behrman/) - [Alexis Hall 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/alexis-hall/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-fry-87000.jpg) Stephen Fry 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/stephen-fry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-ronson-52784.jpg) Jon Ronson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/jon-ronson/) ## More by Terri Cheney > [“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually jump-starts your brain chemistry. There must be something about taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/it-s-a-little-known-secret-and-it-should-probably-stay-that-way/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“...love is a chemical imbalance, too. That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/love-is-a-chemical-imbalance-too-that-perilous-highs-and-desperate/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [True beauty, I realized,is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/true-beauty-i-realized-is-not-the-absence-of-ugliness-but-the/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“The memory of sustenance is a terrible thing. Far worse, I think, than actual starving. Starving just kills you. Longing can gnaw away at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-memory-of-sustenance-is-a-terrible-thing-far-worse-i-think-than/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“These flies were half the size of my fist. They came at you and stuck to you with a single-minded purpose you had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/these-flies-were-half-the-size-of-my-fist-they-came-at-you-and-stuck/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“Was drug induced happy still happy? Was it the right kind of happy? Did it count?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/was-drug-induced-happy-still-happy-was-it-the-right-kind-of-happy-did/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“I actually stopped talking. I actually listened. So I knew that I wasn't all the way manic, because when you're all the way manic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/i-actually-stopped-talking-i-actually-listened-so-i-knew-that-i-wasn/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“True beauty is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/true-beauty-is-not-the-absence-of-ugliness-but-the-acceptance-of-it/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [ “\[ \] manic sex isn't really intercourse. It's dicourse, just another way to ease the insatiable need for contact and communication. In place of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/manic-sex-isn-t-really-intercourse-it-s-dicourse-just-another-way-to/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“The world is essentially bipolar: driven to extremes but defined by flux. Saints are always just a stumble away from sinners. Nothing is absolute,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-world-is-essentially-bipolar-driven-to-extremes-but-defined-by/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“Without the darkness, how can we ever hope to understand the light?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/without-the-darkness-how-can-we-ever-hope-to-understand-the-light/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“Happiness is fine, in its season, but happiness out of season is a sure harbinger of doom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/happiness-is-fine-in-its-season-but-happiness-out-of-season-is-a-sure/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“Stories don't always have to end happily.. Sometimes it's just enough that they end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/stories-don-t-always-have-to-end-happily-sometimes-it-s-just-enough/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“If you nurture it long enough, a lie can become a life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/if-you-nurture-it-long-enough-a-lie-can-become-a-life/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) > [“The cruelest curse of the disease is also its most sacred promise: You will not feel this way forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-cruelest-curse-of-the-disease-is-also-its-most-sacred-promise-you/) [Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bipolar/terri-cheney/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bipolar Quotes By Terri Cheney", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I actually stopped talking. 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