You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.