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Quote by Charles Bowden

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”

Author

Charles Bowden was an American author known for his in-depth reporting on the life along the US-Mexico border. His works often focused on the lives of marginalized individuals and criminal activities, renowned for their unique perspective and profound insight. more

“I couldn't motivate myself. I was subject to occasional depression, relatively mild, certainly not suicidal, and not long episodes so much as passing moments like this, when meaning and purpose and all prospect of pleasure drained away and left me briefly catatonic. For minutes on end I couldn't remember what kept me going. As I stared at the litter of cups and pot and jug in front of me, I thought it was unlikely I would ever get out of my wretched little flat. The two boxes I called rooms, the stained ceilings walls and floors would contain me to the end. There was a lot like me in the neighbourhood, but thirty or forty years older. I had seen them in Simon's shop, reaching for the quality journals from the top shelf. I noted the men especially and their shabby clothes. They had swept past some crucial junction in their lives many years back - a poor career choice, a bad marriage, the unwritten book, the illness that never went away. Now there options were closed, they managed to keep themselves going with some shred of intellectual longing or curiosity. But their boat was sunk.”

Choices Depression

Book:Machines like Me

Source: Machines like Me

“There comes a time when we have to accept that people make their own choices, and we’re not responsible for those choices, even if they’re our family.”

Choices Family

Book:Allied

Source: Allied

“Make your own choices before anyone else makes them for you and way before the house lights are lowered.”

Choices Options Responsibility Of Self Pick While You Have The Option

Author:Gina Barreca

“Bad things happen all the time to good people who've done nothing to deserve them. Only you can choose how you handle it. Whether to press through and overcome it or succumb to self-pity.”