“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”— Shaun David Hutchinson, amazon.com
“A lot of people are kind of depressed. I’m happy some of the time, and some of the time I’m not.”— Elliott Smith, blankonblank.org
“I had a job, I had great friends, I had a supportive family. But still, I felt so lonely, so worthless, so useless, so unlovable.”— Danimei Everett, thoughtcatalog.com
“Just as a stressful life can make you depressed, continuing exposure to stressors maintains depression.”— Jonathan Rottenberg, amazon.com
“When you want to just go back to sleep, I want you to remember this…You are not who you are at your worst. You are not who you are at your most depressed. This is not a reflection of you and something you’ve done wrong. This is not a character flaw.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Even though she might be depressed for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks, she always remembers — that she’s strong, that she’s smart, that she’s more than capable of doing whatever the hell she wants.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.”— Jeffrey Eugenides, amazon.com
“I think I'm afraid of being happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.”— Charles M. Schulz, imdb.com
“Depression is a strength in you, because there’s nothing harder than overcoming demons within yourself.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Curiously, he felt too depressed to cry. Too hurt. It felt as if she'd taken the part of him that cried.”— John Green, amazon.com
“Lord, how utterly disgusting life is! What dirty tricks it plays us, one moment free; the next, this.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“I take so little interest in my daily life, that I hardly remember to eat and drink.”— Emily Brontë, amazon.com
“If there's nothing missing in my life, then why do these tears come at night?”— Britney Spears, play.spotify.com
“If he craves more alone time, he’s either depressed or unhappy with you.”— Catalina, womenosophy.com
“I know, you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day. Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes and don't give up on yourself just yet. It'll get better. Until then, have a day.”— Unknown, violent-choices.tumblr.com
“Depression is constantly apologizing to people you love for who you are.”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com
“Have you ever had so many thoughts on your mind and you can't make them into words? Wondering how many people actually like you. Realizing how lonely you are, and having no one to talk to, and then you suddenly feel all depressed.”— Hana, amazon.com
“If you’re feeling depressed and you’re not sure why, there’s a 70% chance you just need to leave your apartment and be social.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com