“Keedwell cites a study of depression in the Netherlands that found that most people coped better with adversity after experiencing depression.”
“Cited by the author of 'Lucky Jim' as one of the most dismal depressing questions in the English language: "Shall we go straight in?”
“Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.”
“Wallowing was for elephants, depressing people and depressing elephants”
“Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.”
“Studies show that intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world.”