"I think wanting to write is a fundamental……" — Kay Redfield Jamison
"I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to write ..."
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104 Quotes by Kay Redfield Jamison
Kay Redfield Jamison has 104 quotes on this site.
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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…
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But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your…
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It was as if my father had given me, by way of temperament, an impossibly wild, dark, and unbroken horse.…
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There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high…
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When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from…
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Every seventeen minutes in America, someone commits suicide. Mostly, I have been impressed by how little value our society puts…
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I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about…
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I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not…
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Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course…
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Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the…
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Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.
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There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness... It will never…
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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial…
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It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really…
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I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and…
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I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless…
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My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world.
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I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable…
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could…
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I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable…
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I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I'm just comfortable saying it, and laying…
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Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that…
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I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.
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