You aren't sick & unhappy only alive & stuck with it.
You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything has a price.
You can forget who you are if you're alone too much.
A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Think of it as the altar of the Muse Oblivion, to whom you sacrifice your botched first drafts, the tokens of your human imperfection.
The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.