Judith Guest Quotes

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• For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.
• Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction…
• Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed…
• And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.
• Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far…
• People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.
• Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.
• Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.
• Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space…
• Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced. No. Wrong. You don't lose…
• I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.
• I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.
• I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it.
• With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.
• I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering…
• You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.
• Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.
• Always good to have one crazy in the family ... It takes the pressure off everybody else.
• Make peace with what is.
• Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.

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