Daryl Abernethy

“And when I’d settled down, I considered the possibility that I wasn’t yet ready to ask for the love of anyone because I had yet to learn how to truly love myself.  ”
― Steven Decker, Addicted to Time

“Why I am opposed to antidepressants. Because I think depression has something to tell me. Because often depression is an appropriate reaction.

Because I am terrified of changing the functioning of my brain in any way.

Because I believe depression is "me", and that without it I would not be "me".

Because I can't imagine my life without the time off I get from periodic depression.

These are the typical idiotic reasons people give for not wanting to feel better. So in this respect, I am quite normal.”
― Susanna Kaysen, The Camera My Mother Gave Me

“Find people who are fighting the same illness that you are.”
― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

“You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,” shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master