“I’m seeing the circular conversations of stress and fatalism and the bad cycles of self-doubt. It’s all a product of fear. I’m afraid of tomorrow, and I’m afraid of next week and I’m afraid that each choice I make will be the one I’ll look back on and regret forever… life’s a sh*t business sometimes…”— Adam Gnade, amazon.com
“Is it impossible for you to let something go and have it go whole? Must you stamp each piece purple, Must you kill what you can?”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds…”— Andrew Solomon, amazon.com
“i am so lonely and feel defective like no one would ever date me or marry me and my whole career has been people getting engaged everyone talking about boyfriends and being normal and things, and it made me feel depressed and awful all of the time!”— Cat Marnell, xojane.com
“I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.”— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com
“Taking your own life. Interesting expression - taking it from who? Once it’s over, it’s not you who’ll miss it. Your own death is something that happens to everybody else. Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.”— Steven Moffat, Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch, imdb.com
“I’ll keep growing my hair out I never wanna do anything, even when you’re around I’ll keep growing my hair out It’s not for you, oh no”— Camp Cope, open.spotify.com
“Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to resort to superstition of trust in curses and invocations.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.com
“It’s like when someone says, ‘How are you?’ Do you say, ‘Well, my head hurts and I’m lonely and depressed and I’m worried about everything and the world is collapsing and full of evil’? Or do you say, ‘I’m fine’?”— Sara Shepard, amazon.com
“Next time the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad comes calling, don’t pick up the phone.”— Adam Gnade, amazon.com
“No one wants to be lonely and no one wants to be with you when you’re lonely.”— Adam Gnade, brickfrickingmaster.tumblr.com
“It can be hard to admit that we’re feeling the holiday blues. Because we hear music declaring ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year.’ Because everything is so bright and shiny. Because cookies. But we’re not alone.”— Lynn Shattuck, thoughtcatalog.com
“Depression will lie to you and tell you what others are thinking. DO NOT SUCCUMB. You are loved, you are worthy and you belong on this planet.”— Morgan Chavez, thoughtcatalog.com