All Andrew Solomon Quotes
- The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment. Depression
- If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give me other, better… Angel
- People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be. Changed
- Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, Abruptly
- Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. Ease
- We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Bear
- We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. Experiences
- Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution. Gold
- I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that… Accept
- Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the… Anticipation
- Depression means that you have no point of view. Depression
- You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of… Better
- Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination. Children
- Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to… Achieve
- Fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph. Events
- Your gender identity is who you are. Sexual identity is who you bounce that off of. Bounce
- Labeling a child's mind as diseased-whether with autism, intellectual disabilities, or transgenderism-may reflect the discomfort that mind gives parents more than any discomfort it causes… Alone
- When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer… Back Together
- Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I've learned to give all the things that I need. All
- When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes. Banish
- Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Believe
- It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know. Anyone
- One of the things that often gets lost in discussions of depression is that you know it's ridiculous. You know it's ridiculous while you're experiencing… Any
- I had always thought of myself as fairly tough and fairly strong and fairly able to cope with anything. And then I had a series… Able
- I found myself losing interest in almost everything, I didn't want to do any of the things I had previously wanted to do and I… Almost Everything