Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it.
Lisa AltherThe human organism has only so much energy at its disposal. If you divert a great deal of it into any one channel, you can expect the others to collapse or atrophy. If you squander your vital energies on your emotional life, as you have been doing, plan to be physically and mentally bankrupt, as it were.
Lisa AltherA snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.
Lisa AltherThe only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.
Lisa Alther