Depression Quotes

2071 Depression quotes by 1126 unique authors

I don’t suppose I really know you very well - but I know you smell like the delicious damp grass that grows near old walls… — Zelda Fitzgerald
Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope. — Haruki Murakami
The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. I don't think… — Ned Vizzini
So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I… — Ned Vizzini
Depression starts slow. — Ned Vizzini
I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare,… — Ned Vizzini
I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet… — Ned Vizzini
I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? — Ned Vizzini
Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent purchasing them. You… — Mitch Albom
Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I enjoy almost everything. Yet I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands… — Virginia Woolf
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon… — Jane Austen
It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just to think of… — Sylvia Plath
Melancholy suicide. —This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds… — Emile Durkheim
I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Depression is anger turned inward. — Sapphire
I spent months searching for some secret code before I realized that common sense has nothing to do with it. Hysteria, psychosis, torture, depression: I… — David Sedaris
This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has… — David Foster Wallace
I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I was far out in space, watching the… — Marian Keyes
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise--that man or woman… — Unknown Author
Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner. — Joe Dunthorne
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers… — BrenÃ© Brown
I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice,… — Anne Frank
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental… — C.S. Lewis
L.A. kills people.' Jacaranda said. 'You're lucky you're leaving. You'll be able to write.' She looked paler, going through another depression, smoking in bed in… — Francesca Lia Block

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