According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.
ThoughtsHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixIf you don't deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it's gonna hurt.
Nikki SixxDepression - it falls into that small category of things like combat that, if you haven't been in it, you can say you can imagine it all you like. But it's truly different.
Dick CavettDepression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
Adam AntI have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
Adam AntI'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.
Terry BradshawThis skull between my ears, that is a bad neighbourhood. I should not be in there alone.
Chester BenningtonI start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.
Elizabeth WurtzelWhen you feel sad, it's okay. It's not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when you doubt yourself, and when you feel like everything you do sucks, but then there's those days when you feel like Superman. It's just the balance of the world.
BeginningMac MillerI do have a tendency to walk on the dark side sometimes. I have suffered from depression, I know how that feels, I have an innate inclination that way. Writing does help with that.
WritingJoanne K. Rowling, September 2012Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.
William Gibson