Control Quote by Sally Rooney

“She still had her bad days, no question, when the black dog of depression sniffed her out and settled its crushing weight on her…

— Lev Grossman

“He picked her up and tossed her on the bed. They had a hell of a time. But afterward, after she had gone back…

— Jim Thompson

“You can actually eat yourself into a better mood and get rid of depressive thoughts and melancholy.”

— Thorbjörg Hafsteinsdottir

“Hunger, she often tells me, has nothing to do with the belly and everything to do with the mind.”

— Jodi Picoult

“And she would like to cry, but she is unable to; and she would like to disappear but she won't; and she would like…

— Micheline Aharonian Marcom

“She was familiar with this immaterial hunger. There had been times when her entire life had seemed characterized by this craving. By this compelling,…

— Cynthia Rogers Parks

“The depression bleeds into all aspects of her life.”

— K. Webster

“As she lay awake, she reminded herself that she was beating the depression; she was winning her life back. She had survived, and now…

— Jonathan Rottenberg

“She often pictured her sadness as an IV cart she had to wheel everywhere she went, its bag dripping a heavy fluid that was…

— Alissa Nutting

“Human misery was the trough from which she now fed herself and she felt more comfortable in the presence of other unlucky people. It…

— Andrew Neiderman

“Food was a responsibility, a ward she was determined to go by, ... She'd force herself through to the last forkful even to the…

— Lionel Shriver

“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she can no…

— Stacy Pershall