“Depression is like a headache or true love or any of those indefinable concepts. If you've never been there, you don't know what it's like until you're too far in to stop the process.” — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Traumatic events always happen exactly two years before I reach the maturity level to deal with them. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
“What makes people between the ages of eleven and fifteen such mean jerks? I’d rather be ninety-five than thirteen again.” — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Once you get used to being treated like you matter, it's hard to uproot and move somewhere where you don't. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool' — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Everybody's vaguely miserable sometimes...and most people are vaguely miserable most of the time. The trick is to scrap your way from the most-of-the-time to… — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
The instinct to notice changes gives women a tremendous advantage over men. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Depression must be avoided, no matter what the cost. Depression is lying on the Edwardian couch for six months, too tired to unlace your… — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal… — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Something has to matter. Otherwise, a person's life will be miserable and empty. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
“Do you believe love is a chemical reaction between two people?" "At first it is. Then, theoretically, it grows into something more. Or dies.” — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Bravery isn't what you do so much as how you look back at what you did. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Whenever a woman says 'We need to talk,' it means she's reached a decision and it's already too late for you to talk back. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
Friendship is so much healthier than other crutches -alcohol or TV or religious fanaticism. One healthy crutch shouldn't be against the rules. — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
