In this cash-rich, time-poor culture of ours, the most precious commodity we have is time...volunteering our precious time, is in this brutally… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“A friend called the other day. 'How are you?' she said. The sun was shining, the sky a merciless blue. It was… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.” — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“If our minds can hold us back, then they can push us forwards too.” — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“Imagine saying to somebody that you have a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, and being told to pull yourself together or get over it.… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“I once read a theory about ‘positive thinking’ that seems to be true or, at least, made a sufficient impression on me to remember… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state, defines you… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“I would not wish depression on anybody. And yet, it taught me a lot. I have not become suddenly mawkishly grateful for my life… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“It is two years since I emerged from depression and I no longer want myself dead. I want myself alive. I am no longer… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound of silence. — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
In this cash-rich, time-poor culture of ours, the most precious commodity we have is time...volunteering our precious time, is in this brutally self-involved world,… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
“Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.” — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
