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> [The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora's box, and you can't close it again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/the-reason-so-many-intelligent-and-creative-people-suffer-from/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

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## More by Michael Redhill

> [It's no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/it-s-no-mistake-that-the-moment-of-impregnation-is-called-conception/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/no-one-is-depressed-when-they-re-asleep-which-is-why-being-in-bed-is/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a self-made man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/i-ve-always-loved-houdini-not-just-because-of-what-he-did-but-also/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/we-are-already-so-many-things-by-the-time-we-reach-the-middle-of-life/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [Like a lot of people, I've often wondered what else I might have been. When I was younger, but even after I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/like-a-lot-of-people-i-ve-often-wondered-what-else-i-might-have-been/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/i-wasn-t-against-becoming-a-dad-i-d-had-a-good-childhood-as/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/having-a-child-is-sowing-the-seeds-of-your-own-obsolescence-birth-is/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/sufferers-of-depression-have-episodes-the-same-way-those-who-suffer/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/the-reason-so-many-intelligent-and-creative-people-suffer-from/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [I'd fully taken the road many people start on, but most abandon: common sense had given me a miss, and I'd become an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/i-d-fully-taken-the-road-many-people-start-on-but-most-abandon-common/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/depression-is-a-surfeit-of-empathy-a-killing-empathy-that-makes/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/charity-should-be-blind-to-everything-but-need-our-personal-feelings/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/i-found-that-through-my-life-living-in-the-city-of-toronto-i-look/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/i-have-a-strange-habit-of-walking-down-streets-and-staring-up-rather/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

> [The idea of a pseudonym had been flitting around my brain for a long time, along with its cognate, disappearance. In the 1980s, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redhill/the-idea-of-a-pseudonym-had-been-flitting-around-my-brain-for-a-long/)

[Michael Redhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redhill/)

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