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> [Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an unexpected storm, dropping an endless downpour on young dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/mental-illness-doesn-t-choose-the-most-talented-or-the-smartest-or/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/steve-lopez-29913_compassion_mental-illness-doesn-t-choose-the-most-t_2889321.png)

## More by Steve Lopez

> [It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/it-is-possible-to-cause-seemingly-biochemical-changes-through-human/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/without-a-mission-and-a-sense-of-whom-you-write-for-you-aren-t-worth/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Your violin has only two strings,” I say. “You’re missing the other two.” Yes, he says. He’s well aware. “All I want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/your-violin-has-only-two-strings-i-say-you-re-missing-the-other-two/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Love is mental illness going in and mental illness coming out. In between, you do a lot of laundry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/love-is-mental-illness-going-in-and-mental-illness-coming-out-in/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Titled players appeared to be trotting out game after game in which the same old hoary opening sequences, memorized out to fifteen, twenty, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/titled-players-appeared-to-be-trotting-out-game-after-game-in-which/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“I don't want the concert to ever end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/i-don-t-want-the-concert-to-ever-end/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [It's more interesting to be out in the world. than to see it reflected in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/it-s-more-interesting-to-be-out-in-the-world-than-to-see-it-reflected/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Nathaniel is not a mentally ill musician, as I have been referring to him, but a musician with mental illness. It's a subtle but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nathaniel-is-not-a-mentally-ill-musician-as-i-have-been-referring-to/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Negativity is never an option](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/negativity-is-never-an-option/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [.. a friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/a-friend-is-someone-who-inspires-who-challenges-who-sends-you-in/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Nathaniel is not a mentally ill musician, as I have been referring to him, but a musician with mental illness. It's a subtle but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nathaniel-is-not-a-mentally-ill-musician-as-i-have-been-referring-to-2/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Learning how to play an instrument has always been near the top of my to-do list, but what are the chances now? There's little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/learning-how-to-play-an-instrument-has-always-been-near-the-top-of-my/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/you-re-only-as-good-or-bad-as-your-latest-attempt-to-make-some/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“If you put your very existence into it, your sensitivity and humanity, it makes for a sound distinctly yours”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/if-you-put-your-very-existence-into-it-your-sensitivity-and-humanity/)

[Steve López](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nurses-quietly-go-about-their-work-in-a-noble-profession-uncelebrated/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

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