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I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have…

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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources…
I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to…
But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is…
It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse. It was…
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous.…
When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from from somewhere;…
Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts on saving…
I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that…
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to…
Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had…
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and…
Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.

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If you yell about one woman, you're not a misogynist. If I yell about Michelle Bachman, that doesn't make me a misogynist.… — Lewis Black
Shall I compare thee to a summer day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... When in eternal lines to time thou… — William Shakespeare
When I compare myself and my opponents in other countries in the light of history, I do not fear the verdict on… — Adolf Hitler
What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built… — Rob Ford
It was the strangest sensation, fallin' in love. 'Bout the only thing I compare it to would be jumpin' off a big… — Dorothy Garlock
I think breeds of dogs and breeds of men are quite a bit alike. If you think it’s insulting that I compare… — Zsa Zsa Gabor
Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and Im it. Im the electric light. — Chubby Checker
Well, being a Canadian, I love SCTV, and I think it's the basis for all good North American comedy, so I compare… — Melissa Auf der Maur
When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them… — Jean Guitton
I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it… — Olaudah Equiano
I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word.… — Harriet Doerr

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