“ Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Not everyone who has killed themselves because they were HIV positive would have been killed by AIDS. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagin… Joseph Conrad
“ I do not know what I would do if you left me. For the first time I felt the suggestion of a threat in his voice—or I put it there. I have been alone so long—I do not think I would be able to live if I… James Baldwin
“ Sometimes I felt I would die by wishing it when I went to sleep but I always woke up again and found I was still there. Every morning finding I'm still me, that's hell.Well, get out of hell then! The… Iris Murdoch
“ I just want to serve and help people and be good to everybody, only it always goes wrong somehow—I think about suicide all the time, every bloody day I want to die and stop this torture, but I go craw… Iris Murdoch
“ More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Often it feels like I am breathing today only because a few years back I had no idea which nerve to cut... Sanhita Baruah