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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Poetry. Lohren Green's POETICAL DICTIONARY concludes with chaos and begins with acrobatics. In between these he presents us with "both a book of words and a cosmos"; a linguistic gas cloud bounded by the universal and the particular. Green's project depar

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Kay Redfield Jamison (5)

“I lost a great innocence when I understood that I and my mind were not going to be on good terms for the rest of my life. I can’t tell you how tired I am of character-building experiences. But I treasure this part of me; whoever loves me loves me with this in it.”

— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com

Tagged: Innocence, Experiences

“Time will pass; these moods will pass; and I will, eventually, be myself again.”

— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com

Tagged: Recovery, Time, Moving On, Letting Go

“It never occurred to her to give up.”

— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com

Tagged: Hope, Not Giving Up, Never Surrender, Strong, Brave

“No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both. It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relations…”

— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com

Tagged: Pills, Depression, therapy

“Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job, or broken up with someone. But these experiences carry with them feelings. Depression, instead, is flat, hollow, and unendurable. It is also tiresome.”

— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, Divorce, Feelings