Most people don't have the advantage of being able to evaluate their doctor in advance.

Nature is the first tutor. No one remains untouched or unschooled by the earth, seasons, and heavens.

I had been simply treating water, settling on surviving and avoiding pain rather than being actively involved in seeking out life.

There are relatively few things that kill people that are young other than car accidents and suicide.

There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.

If people can talk about having breast cancer, why can't people who have mental illness talk about mental illness? Until we're able to do that, we're not going to be treated with the same kind of respect for our diseases as other people.

The awareness of the damage done by severe mental illness—to the individual himself and to others—and fears that it may return again play a decisive role in many suicides