Quote by Martha Manning

I'm getting less good at faking it. People in my family are noticing and asking what's wrong. My friends give me invitations to talk,…

— Martha Manning

I would never kill myself intentionally. I couldn't do that to my family, my friends ... But to have fate step in and give…

— Martha Manning

The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.

— Martha Manning

“She reports the breakup of the relationship as if she is presenting a case in court - all facts, no feeling. I lean forward…

— Martha Manning

“In the psychological literature, depression is often seen as a defense against sadness. But I'll take sadness any day. There is no contest. Sadness…

— Martha Manning

“Suffer from depression." That's right. It is suffering. A person does not just have depression. She suffers from it.”

— Martha Manning

“He throws a quick arm around me and quotes a line we've always loved from The New Hampshire Hotel, "Keep passing the open windows.”

— Martha Manning

“There is no getting away from a wave that has got your name on it. The tide will come in whether you want it…

— Martha Manning

I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd…

— Martha Manning

“All the romantic nonsense about depression somehow making one into a creature of unique sensibilities is easy to agree with when I feel good.…

— Martha Manning

“I look at other people and think, "He lives without meds. She does. What is wrong with me? Am I so biochemically screwed up,…

— Martha Manning

“I didn’t want to die because I hated myself; I wanted to die because I loved myself enough to want this pain to end.”

— Martha Manning