Brain Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“What I mean by depression isn't just the blues, it's not just like a hangover from the weekend,or the girl didn't show up or…

— Sylvie Simmons

“But this was the thought of a depressive. An aspiring depressive, at the time. That was the odd thing about Leonard’s disease, the almost…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.”

— Erol Ozan

“There is always someone smarter than you; you’d think we die from the constant pain of our mental inferiority, except that most of the…

— Brock Clarke

“...that manic depression, far from being a liability was an advantage. It was a selected trait. If it wasn't selected for, then the "disorder"…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“The experience of watching Leonard get better was like reading certain difficult books. It was plowing through late James, or the pages about agrarian…

— Jeffery Eugenides

“It seemed especially cruel, then, three days later, in the hospital when the doctor came into the room to tell Leonard that he suffered…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Whoever makes you smarter a little earlier in life makes you better

— Charlie Munger

“Robin Williams is one more example, that genius people are genius for a reason, and that reason is feeling without reasoning. Depression is for…

— Aleksandra Ninkovic

“When depression hits you, you hit back harder!”

— Arthur Wu

“You looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot.”

— Toba Beta

“People who suffer from depression have better memory than people who don’t, because part of our ability to survive and not to be depressed…

— Anthony Greenwald