“Denying you feel lonely makes no more sense than denying you feel hunger.”— John T. Cacioppo, nytimes.com
“I can't wait for the next Mad Max movies: Bargaining Max, Depression Max, and finally, Acceptance Max.”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com
“If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.”— Dolly Parton, huffingtonpost.com
“I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.”— J.K Rowling, usatoday30.usatoday.com
“Most nights at 2am, I think of where I will be in ten, fifteen, twenty years. Other nights at 2 am, I think if I will even make it that far.”— Soft Grung, twitter.com
“Depression is when you don’t really care about anything. Anxiety is when you care too much, and over think everything, having both is hell.”— Soft Grung, twitter.com
“Inactivity and depression feed on themselves. The more you wallow, the worse it gets.”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com
“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again.”— Jack Thorne, Albus Dumbledore, amazon.com
“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it—I will love you through that, as well. If you don’t need the medication, I will love you, too. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“You say you're 'depressed.' All I see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective. It just means you're human.”— David Mitchell, books.google.com
“Deep depression is due to a problem with brain chemistry, not a problem with inner weakness.”— Karen Salmansohn, notsalmon.com
“That’s what I do: I make coffee and occasionally succumb to suicidal nihilism. But you shouldn’t worry — poetry is still first. Cigarettes and alcohol follow.”— Anne Sexton, amazon.com