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“I'd really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated.”

Quote by Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Elizabeth Wurtzel

Elizabeth Wurtzel is an American writer, born on July 31, 1967. She is best known for her memoir 'Prozac Nation,' which details her life experiences and emotional struggles in her youth. Her writing style is direct and candid, which has won her a wide readership. more

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“I start to feel like I can't maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is.”

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Book:Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

“I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels.”

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Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel

“I'm the girl who is lost in space, the girl who is disappearing always, forever fading away and receding farther and farther into the background. Because with every day that goes by, I feel myself becoming more and more invisible”

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Book:Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

“Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had no idea how I felt, although they were certain that they did. Over and over and over I would say to myself, If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?”

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Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live.”

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Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.”

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Book:Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

Source: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

“There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness... It will never end, for madness carves its own reality.”

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Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

“Suicide is a particularly awful way to die: the mental suffering leading up to it is usually prolonged, intense and unpalliated. There is no morphine equivalent to ease the acute pain, and death, not uncommonly, is violent and grisly. The suffering of a suicidal is private and inexpressible, leaving family members, friends and colleagues to deal with an almost unfathomable kind of loss, as well as guilt. Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description.”

Source: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

“Could it be that by protecting our kids from unhappiness as children, we’re depriving them of happiness as adults?”

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Author:Lori Gottlieb

“Marriage isn't a passion-fest; it's more like a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane, and often boring nonprofit business. And I mean this in a good way.”

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Author:Lori Gottlieb