“ Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told her when she should laugh, the blue ones when she should be silent and keep away from o… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ We're like little kids. We are little kids, but don't tell us that—we're having a fantastic time. We have our little house, and live our little life. We are the perfect young husband and wife. We have… Marya Hornbacher
“ All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but… Ian Fleming
“ When I am high I couldn’t worry about money if I tried. So I don’t. The money will come from somewhere; I am entitled; God will provide. Credit cards are disastrous, personal checks worse. Unfortunate… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent, confused, rather tiresome, and with limited a… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ كان علىّ أن أحاول أن أوفق بين فكرتي عن نفسي كإنسانة تتكلم بهدوء ومنضبطة تماما, إنسانة على الأقل حساسة عموما لأمزجة ومشاعر الآخرين.. وبين امرأة ساخطة ومجنونة تماما وفاقدة لكل منافذ السيطرة على النفس وا… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what's real Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ The fading relevance of the nature–nurture argument has recently been revived by the rise of evolutionary psychology. A more sophisticated understanding of Darwinian evolution (survival of the fittest)… Tom Burns
“ When Renee and I talked about it years later, we agreed on one point: We were insane. Renee always said, If any of our kids want to get married when they're twenty-five, we'll have to lock them in the… Rob Sheffield
“ What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell. Voltaire
“ But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even mor… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present normal se… Kay Redfield Jamison
“ Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there was the abject fear you would lose it. They say possessions own you.… Harlan Coben
“ Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that can grow to be nine-tenths hatred and still call itself love. C.S. Lewis
“ Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle wildly and blush when she saw him, nor did she chalk h… Stephen King
“ And I can't say it now. I can't say what I want to say. I hold you-- I-- I clutch you, because I love you so desperately, and time is so short, we have such a little time in which to live and be young… Madeleine L'Engle
“ The forest is blanketed by the greenest ferns and moss and bonsai-like trees, a wild majesty that beckons hobbits and pixies and elves and dreamers. Shannon Mullen
“ My mind feels like a race car on the track, getting faster and faster every time I pause to think or blink or try to focus on anything. Nothing can keep up to it, not the other cars, not my body, not… Shannon Mullen
