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> [“Depression is a painfully slow, crashing death. Mania is the other extreme, a wild roller coaster run off its tracks, an eight ball of coke cut with speed. It's fun and it's frightening as hell. Some patients - bipolar type…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/depression-is-a-painfully-slow-crashing-death-mania-is-the-other/)

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## More by David Lovelace

> [“In our family "whim-wham" is code, a defanged reference to any number of moods and psychological disorders, be they depressive, manic, or schizoaffective. Back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/in-our-family-whim-wham-is-code-a-defanged-reference-to-any-number-of/)

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> [“Love is not enough. It takes courage to grab my father's demon, my own, or - God help me - my child's and strap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/love-is-not-enough-it-takes-courage-to-grab-my-father-s-demon-my-own/)

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> [“It's difficult. I take a low dose of lithium nightly. I take an antidepressant for my darkness because prayer isn't enough. My therapist hears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/it-s-difficult-i-take-a-low-dose-of-lithium-nightly-i-take-an/)

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> [“Compared to bipolar's magic, reality seems a raw deal. It's not just the boredom that makes recovery so difficult, it's the slow dawning pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/compared-to-bipolar-s-magic-reality-seems-a-raw-deal-it-s-not-just/)

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> [“I know the empathy borne of despair; I know the fluidity of thought, the expansive, even beautiful, mind that hypomania brings, and I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/i-know-the-empathy-borne-of-despair-i-know-the-fluidity-of-thought/)

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> [“Depression is a painfully slow, crashing death. Mania is the other extreme, a wild roller coaster run off its tracks, an eight ball of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/depression-is-a-painfully-slow-crashing-death-mania-is-the-other/)

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> [“I now know for certain that my mind and emotions, my fix on the real and my family's well-being, depend on just a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/i-now-know-for-certain-that-my-mind-and-emotions-my-fix-on-the-real/)

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> [“Suddenly I wanted to get better. Mania wasn't fun anymore. It wasn't creative or visionary. It was mean parody at best, a cheap chemical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/suddenly-i-wanted-to-get-better-mania-wasn-t-fun-anymore-it-wasn-t/)

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> [“I've been accustomed to mysteries, holy and otherwise, since I was a child. Some of us care for orphans, amass fortunes, raise protests or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lovelace/i-ve-been-accustomed-to-mysteries-holy-and-otherwise-since-i-was-a/)

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