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Andrew Solomon Quotes: Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
         

Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.


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Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.



It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.



The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.



We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.



A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.



I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand



I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.



We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.



Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.



When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.





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Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye.

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The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.

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Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?

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I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.

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This page presents the quote "Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.". Author of this quote is Andrew Solomon. This quote is about love, intimacy, anticipation, despair, depression, loss,.