Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.

When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy.

In a nutshell: Medical research has shown that Hypericum is an effective treatment for depression-as successful as prescription anti-depressions in a majority of patients.

The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others.

The irony of love is that it guarantees some degree of anger, fear and criticism.

It is an irony that the more possessive you are, the more love you demand, the less you receive, while the more freedom you give, the less you demand, the more love you will receive.

One touch is worth ten thousand words.

Overly positive, horrendously cheerful people can make a depressed person even more depressed. In fact, perhaps the least helpful thing one can say to a depressed person is, "Cheer up!"

The only normal people are the ones we haven't gotten to know yet.

You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness.

The irony of love is that it guarantees some degree of anger fear and criticism.

History is written by the winners.

Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category.

Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!

That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.

If I lived in Massachusetts, I'd try to vote ten times ... Yeah that's right, I'd cheat to keep these bastards out. I would. Because that's exactly what they are.

Despair exists only when there is hope.

I tell myself I bear witness. The real answer is that it's obviously my programming. And I lack the constitution for suicide.

I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such words as ptarmigan, psalm, and phthisis.

Kid A is about an abortion. *laughs* It's about how our music is an abortion