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“The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.'” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • C.S. Lewis

“Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Andrew Solomon

“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Andrew Solomon

“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Barbara Kingsolver

“The worst type of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see – the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Katie McGarry

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • C.S. Lewis

“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • John Green

“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Elizabeth Wurtzel

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Stephen Fry

“The sun stopped shining for me is all. The whole story is: I am sad. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it. Not ever.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Nina LaCour

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Laurell K. Hamilton

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Oscar Wilde

“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Elizabeth Wurtzel

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Lao Tzu

“Tonight, once more, life sinks its teeth into my heart.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Simone de Beauvoir

“It was against my principles and all, but I was feeling so depressed I didn’t even think. That’s the whole trouble. When you’re feeling very depressed, you can’t even think.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • J.D. Salinger

“Need a whole new syntax for fatigue on days like this” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • David Foster Wallace

“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” – A quote by whom?

Correct answer(s):
    • Robin Williams