“Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self -- to… — William Styron Copy Share Image
The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“At any rate, during the few hours when the depressive state itself eased off long enough to permit the luxury of concentration,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
A disruption of the circadian cycle—the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life—seems to be involved in many,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“The night was blustery and raw, with a chill wet wind blowing down the avenues, and when Rose and I met Françoise… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“it has to be emphasized that if the pain were readily describable most of the countless sufferers from this ancient affliction would… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“What I had begun to discover is that, mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience, the grey drizzle… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“date of the award approached, I would not have accepted at all. Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self--to the mediating… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“When I was first aware that I had been laid low by the disease, I felt a need, among other things, to… — William Styron Copy Share Image
The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“There he must, despite the anguish devouring his brain, present a face approximating the one that is associated with ordinary events and… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“depression in its major stages possesses no quickly available remedy: failure of alleviation is one of the most distressing factors of the… — William Styron Copy Share Image
In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. But it is not an immediately identifiable… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“A phenomenon that a number of people have noted while in deep depression is the sense of being accompanied by a second… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“In depression this faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Perhaps, he thought, if I only think of this second, this moment, the train won't come at all. Think of the water, think of… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Until that moment, although I’d had some trouble with his personality, I had not thought him totally lacking in perspicacity; now I was not… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what [a] friend of mine calls "the fleas of… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Are there, as science fiction and Gnostic speculation imply, different species of time in the same world, 'good time' and enveloping folds of inhuman… — William Styron Copy Share Image
I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“date of the award approached, I would not have accepted at all. Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“I actually shivered at the insincerity that gripped me as I spoke these words: their falseness was shameful. I was sure my coolness would… — William Styron Copy Share Image
It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time — for jittery people. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“He was made uneasy by unbraked hilarity and by extremes of sorrow alike, especially the latter; he preferred life to sail along pleasantly and… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“One of the century’s most famous intellectual pronouncements comes at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is but one truly serious philosophical… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have mighty dull literature if all the writers… — William Styron Copy Share Image
![“[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable social and family situations. There he must ... present a face approximating the one associated with ordinary events and companionship. He must try…” quote by William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5f/william-styron-3859_casualties_however-the-sufferer-from-depression-has_2044256.jpg)
![“Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what [a] friend of mine calls "the fleas of life"-you know, colds, hangovers, bills, sprained ankles and little nuisances of one sort or another.” quote by William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecc/william-styron-3859_friendship_every-writer-since-the-beginning-of-time_83391.jpg)
