I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.

its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself

That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.

So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the chronology.

I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.

She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.

Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.

I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.

I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.

This much is true: When you are about to effect the lives of hundreds of people, Satan will do everything he can to prevent it from happening. Often pride and anger are his best assassins.

Oh! what a potent instrument for Satan is a misguided conscience(93)!

And courage to me meant ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life--not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding the bleakness of living.

Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an explanation. Each added act confers a new interpretation of the story. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

Thy key to being able to communicate and benefit from each other is to truly see you own value. That will allow you to see it more clearly in others.

No one can stop you from doing exactly what you want to do. If you can accept that the cavalry won't come, and if you can be the cavalry, it gives you a chance to be happy.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.