Depression Quote by Hubert Selby, Jr

“For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.”

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Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't…

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But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

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I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as…

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I certainly do attempt to live according to spiritual principles. That's always the foundation of each and every day. I have experienced some things in my life that just force me to believe in some sort of power. A creative . . . creative power source; however you want to phrase it. I certainly have experienced that presence. And I…

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Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you’re in a bag and you can’t get out and somebody’s always telling you that it will…

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There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your…

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The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.

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We all need a meaning to our life.

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I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of…

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I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious…

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It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.

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I don't know how to make the critics happy!

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