“One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.”

“Hope is only the love of life.”

“Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody dies after a long illness, people are apt to say, wit...”

“Sometimes," says a fellow depressive, "I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's how I feel anyway. Then, maybe, people would stop minimising my illness because th...”

“We are not easy to help. Nor are we easy to be around. Nobody with a serious illness is easy to be around. Although not obviously physically disabled, we struggle to get things done. Our energy lev...”

“Imagine saying to somebody that you have a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, and being told to pull yourself together or get over it.Imagine being terribly ill and too afraid to tell anyone...”

“Yet the motion of the saw has not faltered, as though it and the arm functioned in a tranquil conviction that rain was an illusion of the mind.”

“You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life.”

“When faced with a problem, don't keep on discussing it. Go beyond the mental barrier to resolve it.”

“I might live a life of struggle but I will not live a life of defeat!”

“Who said that life is a bed of roses and it is smooth sailing all the way? It is full of challenges and is a roller coaster ride with no respite. We have to deal with family issues, break ups, acci...”

“If you cant believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, let that drive push you to make it happen. Sometimes youll run into brick walls that are put there to ...”