"Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you hav..."
- Ned Vizzini
"It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I ..."
- Anne Lamott
"You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity."
- Alysha Speer
"Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it."
- Joseph Conrad
"It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope."
- Mira Grant
"The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don't feel safe to let people in it is because you're not ready to deal with the pain of honesty."
- Shannon L. Alder
"All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth."
- Wally Lamb
"You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light."
"If you can change the way you think in time you will notice a change in your heart and also a change in your life and the way you see things."
- The Prolific Penman
"If you can't focus then how do you expect to make your dreams come true?"