Author: Andrew Solomon

Quotes

Depression is so exhausting - it takes up so much of your time and energy - and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse.

Depression is so exhausting - it takes up so much of your time and energy - and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse.

- Andrew Solomon

Sleep is my great indulgence, and I get eight hours every night. Being chronically overtired raises stress levels in a bad way and is responsible for a lot of depressive breaks.

Sleep is my great indulgence, and I get eight hours every night. Being chronically overtired raises stress levels in a bad way and is responsible for a lot of depressive breaks.

- Andrew Solomon

Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.

Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.

- Andrew Solomon

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

- Andrew Solomon

I often say that the opposite of depression is not happiness but vitality.

I often say that the opposite of depression is not happiness but vitality.

- Andrew Solomon

No one much wants to be belittled, but we tolerate slurs surprisingly often for ourselves; for our lionised children, we demand freedom from insult.

No one much wants to be belittled, but we tolerate slurs surprisingly often for ourselves; for our lionised children, we demand freedom from insult.

- Andrew Solomon

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