Depression Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

14 Depression quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Jeffrey Eugenides offers 14 succinct observations on depression, each echoing his narrative style. The collection feels like a series of literary vignettes that capture the mood without overexplaining.

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Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to…

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“Desdemona, mourning her parents, was still imprisoned by the past. And so she stood on the mountain, looking down at the emancipated…

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“Household objects lost meaning. A bedside clock became a hunk of molded plastic, telling something called time, in a world marking its…

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That was when Leonard realized something crucial about depression. The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the…

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I'm constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond.

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They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that…

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They thought depression was like bieng 'depressed'. They thought it was like being in a bad mood, only worse. Therefore, they tried…

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“One thing I learned, between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get off of. You can't…

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“Often he had the impression that the person answering questions from the scratchy armchair was a dummy he was controlling, that this…

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“I don't want to ruin your life," Leonard said in a gentler tone. "You're not ruining it." "The drugs just slow the…

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“...between addiction and depression? Depression a lot worse. Depression ain't something you just get OFF of. You can't get CLEAN from depression.…

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We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much…

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“...that manic depression, far from being a liability was an advantage. It was a selected trait. If it wasn't selected for, then…

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“Mania was a mental state every bit as dangerous as depression. At first, however, it felt like a rush of euphoria. You…

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“Dr. Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. Within five minutes of the transfusion he declared her out of danger. Chucking her under the chin,…

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“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…

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“Her face was calm, but inside she was tense.”

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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…

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I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

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Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.

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We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters,…

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You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away.

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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.

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