--- title: "1 Knew Feeling Quotes By Nick Miller" description: "1 Knew Feeling quotes by Nick Miller. Plus more from Nick Miller and more Knew Feeling sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/nick-miller-35767_depression_an-awfulness-was-deep-inside-me-and-i-co_2270162.jpg" --- > [“An awfulness was deep inside me, and I couldn't fight it; forced into submission and taken hostage by it, I could only just lie there, let it wash over me, and let myself be consumed by it. If I cooperate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/an-awfulness-was-deep-inside-me-and-i-couldn-t-fight-it-forced-into/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/nick-miller-35767_depression_an-awfulness-was-deep-inside-me-and-i-co_2270162.jpg) ## More by Nick Miller > [“Beauty is not always as perfect as we imagine it to be, but it can be damn close if we learn to accept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/beauty-is-not-always-as-perfect-as-we-imagine-it-to-be-but-it-can-be/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“I know now that truth is a troubling thing. You can't drink your way to it. You can't snort your way to it. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/i-know-now-that-truth-is-a-troubling-thing-you-can-t-drink-your-way/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“Travel is little beds and cramped bathrooms. It’s old television sets and slow Internet connections. Travel is extraordinary conversations with ordinary people. It’s waiters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/travel-is-little-beds-and-cramped-bathrooms-it-s-old-television-sets/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“See, I’m the worst breed of human. Let me explain. Some people are dead inside. They go through life knowing this, and they manage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/see-i-m-the-worst-breed-of-human-let-me-explain-some-people-are-dead/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“I told him I’m not sleeping with him. I’m not that easy,” she says. “Still, he invites me to Vegas and tells me he’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/i-told-him-i-m-not-sleeping-with-him-i-m-not-that-easy-she-says-still/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“…I’m someone who’s mostly dead inside but still has a little hope for something extraordinary, which, as I said, is the worst breed of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/i-m-someone-who-s-mostly-dead-inside-but-still-has-a-little-hope-for/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“An awfulness was deep inside me, and I couldn't fight it; forced into submission and taken hostage by it, I could only just lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/an-awfulness-was-deep-inside-me-and-i-couldn-t-fight-it-forced-into/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“I feel like I’m just passing through life. But then there’s this voice in my head telling me to do something, to create something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/i-feel-like-i-m-just-passing-through-life-but-then-there-s-this-voice/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“Light is always more beautiful when it has to fight to be noticed, like sunlight fighting through the clouds after a rainstorm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/light-is-always-more-beautiful-when-it-has-to-fight-to-be-noticed/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“Some people are good at being in love. Some people are good at love. Two very different things, I think. Being in love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/some-people-are-good-at-being-in-love-some-people-are-good-at-love/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“but to write it well and write the time well, you must learn to love your subjects to their core, even if you hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/but-to-write-it-well-and-write-the-time-well-you-must-learn-to-love/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“Travel is wishing for one more bite of whatever that just was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/travel-is-wishing-for-one-more-bite-of-whatever-that-just-was/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) > [“I'd begun to grow weary of my constant daydreaming because, as I retreated more often into fantasy, it had become a reminder of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-miller/i-d-begun-to-grow-weary-of-my-constant-daydreaming-because-as-i/) [Nick Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-feeling/nick-miller/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knew Feeling Quotes By Nick Miller", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“An awfulness was deep inside me, and I couldn't fight it; forced into submission and taken hostage by it, I could only just lie there, let it wash over me, and let myself be consumed by it. If I cooperate, maybe it won't stay too long; maybe it'll let me go free. But if I fight it, it might stay longer just to spite me. So I decided to let The Feeling inhabit me as long as it desired, while I lay still, cautious not to incite me, secretly hoping it would leave me soon and bother someone else, but outwardly, pretending to be its gracious host. The most discouraging element of what I felt was my inability to understand it. Usually when I was filled with an unpleasant feeling, I could make it go away, or at least tame it, by watching a light-hearted film or reading a good book or listening to a feel good album. But this feeling was different. I knew non of those distractions could rid me of it. But I knew nothing else. I couldn't even describe it. Is this depression? Maybe once you ask someone to describe depression, he can't find the words. Maybe I'm part of the official club now. I imagined myself in a room full of people where someone in the crowd, also suffering from depression, immediately noticed me-as if he detected the scent of his own kind-walked over, and looked into my eyes. He knew that I had The Feeling inside me because he, too, da The Feeling inside him. He didn't ask me to talk about it, because he understood that our type of suffering was ineffable. 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