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763 quotes have been tagged as illness: Kay Redfield Jamison: 'Others imply ... first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. Find&ShareQuoteswithFriends SigninwithFacebook Signinoptions JoinGoodreads IllnessQuotes Quotestaggedas"illness" Showing1-30of763 “Othersimplythattheyknowwhatitisliketobedepressedbecausetheyhavegonethroughadivorce,lostajob,orbrokenupwithsomeone.Buttheseexperiencescarrywiththemfeelings.Depression,instead,isflat,hollow,andunendurable.Itisalsotiresome.Peoplecannotabidebeingaroundyouwhenyouaredepressed.Theymightthinkthattheyoughtto,andtheymighteventry,butyouknowandtheyknowthatyouaretediousbeyondbelief:youareirritableandparanoidandhumorlessandlifelessandcriticalanddemandingandnoreassuranceiseverenough.You'refrightened,andyou'refrightening,andyou're"notatalllikeyourselfbutwillbesoon,"butyouknowyouwon't.” ― KayRedfieldJamison, AnUnquietMind:AMemoirofMoodsandMadness tags: bipolar, depression, illness 1347likes Like “Thelotusisthemostbeautifulflower,whosepetalsopenonebyone.Butitwillonlygrowinthemud.Inordertogrowandgainwisdom,firstyoumusthavethemud---theobstaclesoflifeanditssuffering....Themudspeaksofthecommongroundthathumansshare,nomatterwhatourstationsinlife....Whetherwehaveitallorwehavenothing,weareallfacedwiththesameobstacles:sadness,loss,illness,dyinganddeath.Ifwearetostriveashumanbeingstogainmorewisdom,morekindnessandmorecompassion,wemusthavetheintentiontogrowasalotusandopeneachpetalonebyone.” ― GoldieHawn tags: compassion, depression, flower, growth, illness, kindness, obstacles, perseverance, wisdom 980likes Like “Becausethereisnogloryinillness.Thereisnomeaningtoit.Thereisnohonorindyingof.” ― JohnGreen, TheFaultinOurStars tags: cancer, death, illness 846likes Like “Peoplethathavetrustissuesonlyneedtolookinthemirror.Theretheywillmeettheonepersonthatwillbetraythemthemost.” ― ShannonL.Alder tags: blaming, blaming-others, brokenness, disorders, hatred, high-standards, hypocrisy, ignoring, illness, issues, judgement, judging-others, learning, narcissistic, no-conscience, no-filter, paranoia, poor-character, problems, realization, respecting-others, self-absorbed, self-abuse, self-realization, trust, trustworthy 517likes Like “SometimesIthinkillnesssitsinsideeverywoman,waitingfortherightmomenttobloom.Ihaveknownsomanysickwomenallmylife.Womenwithchronicpain,withever-gestatingdiseases.Womenwithconditions.Men,sure,theyhavebonesnaps,theyhavebackaches,theyhaveasurgeryortwo,yankoutatonsil,insertashinyplastichip.Womengetconsumed.” ― GillianFlynn, SharpObjects tags: illness, sick, women 503likes Like “Abestfriendistheonlyonethatwalksintoyourlifewhentheworldhaswalkedout.” ― Shannonl.Alder tags: acceptance, adversity, best-friend, breakups, caring, child, cruelty, dad, dumped, endings, family, friendship, hurt, illness, love, mental-disorders, misunderstood-fights, mom, pain, rejection, sorrow, spouse, support, support-system, tough-times, trials, true-friendship 496likes Like “Sensitivepeopleusuallylovedeeplyandhatedeeply.Theydon'tknowanyotherwaytolivethanbyextremesbecausethieremotionaltheromastatisbroken.” ― ShannonL.Alder tags: adhd, anger, bipolar, disorders, extremes, feelings, hate, illness, love, mental-disorders, ocd, out-of-balance, sensitiveness 348likes Like “Oneofthethingsthatbafflesme(andtherearequiteafew)ishowtherecanbesomuchlingeringstigmawithregardstomentalillness,specificallybipolardisorder.Inmyopinion,livingwithmanicdepressiontakesatremendousamountofballs.NotunlikeatourofAfghanistan(thoughthebombsandbullets,inthiscase,comefromtheinside).Attimes,beingbipolarcanbeanall-consumingchallenge,requiringalotofstaminaandevenmorecourage,soifyou'relivingwiththisillnessandfunctioningatall,it'ssomethingtobeproudof,notashamedof.Theyshouldissuemedalsalongwiththesteadystreamofmedication.” ― CarrieFisher, WishfulDrinking tags: bipolar, courage, depression, drinking, illness, manic-depression, medication, mental, mental-health, mental-illness, shame, sigma 314likes Like “Mysilenceshadnotprotectedme.Yoursilencewillnotprotectyou.Butforeveryrealwordspoken,foreveryattemptIhadevermadetospeakthosetruthsforwhichIamstillseeking,Ihadmadecontactwithotherwomenwhileweexaminedthewordstofitaworldinwhichweallbelieved,bridgingourdifferences.” ― AudreLorde, TheCancerJournals tags: cancer, differences, feminism, illness, silence, speaking-out, truth, women, words 273likes Like “Apoetshouldbesocraftywithwordsthatheisenviedevenforhispains.” ― CrissJami, Killosophy tags: accidents, adversity, artist, craftiness, craftsmanship, crafty, creativity, disaster, envy, hardships, illness, imperfections, loneliness, lyrics, pain, perspective, poetry, poets, sadness, suffering, tragedy, wit, words 262likes Like “Iseemtomyself,asinadream,Anaccidentalguestinthisdreadfulbody.” ― AnnaAkhmatova, TheCompletePoemsofAnnaAkhmatova tags: embodiment, illness 259likes Like “Thequestionisnothowtogetcured,buthowtolive.” ― JosephConrad tags: chronic-illness, cure, cures, healing, illness, inspirational, recovery 240likes Like “Iswear,gentlemen,thattobetooconsciousisanillness-arealthorough-goingillness.” ― FyodorDostoyevsky, NotesfromUnderground,WhiteNights,TheDreamofaRidiculousMan,andSelectionsfromTheHouseoftheDead tags: conscious, disease, fyodor-dostoyevsky, illness, intellect, notes-from-the-underground, reason 216likes Like “Illnessisthenightsideoflife,amoreonerouscitizenship.Everyonewhoisbornholdsdualcitizenship,inthekingdomofthewellandinthekingdomofthesick.Althoughweallprefertousethegoodpassport,soonerorlatereachofusisobliged,atleastforaspell,toidentifyourselvesascitizensofthatotherplace.” ― SusanSontag, IllnessasMetaphor tags: illness, metaphor 211likes Like “Ithinkalotofpsychopathsarejustgeniuseswhodrovesofastthattheylostcontrol.” ― CrissJami, Killosophy tags: brain, cognition, compassion, control, creative, creative-genius, creativity, disorder, driving, genius, illness, intelligence, knowledge, mental, mental-illness, pain, psychopath, schizophrenia, self-control, sorrow, sympathy, understanding 210likes Like “Manic-depressiondistortsmoodsandthoughts,incitesdreadfulbehaviors,destroysthebasisofrationalthought,andtoooftenerodesthedesireandwilltolive.Itisanillnessthatisbiologicalinitsorigins,yetonethatfeelspsychologicalintheexperienceofit,anillnessthatisuniqueinconferringadvantageandpleasure,yetonethatbringsinitswakealmostunendurablesufferingand,notinfrequently,suicide.” ― KayRedfieldJamison, AnUnquietMind:AMemoirofMoodsandMadness tags: bipolar, illness, manic-depresison 195likes Like “Feelingsaresomethingyouhave;notsomethingyouare.” ― ShannonL.Alder tags: anger, confusion, emotions, feelings, hate, identity, illness, joy, love, overcoming, paranoia, self, suspician, who-you-are 192likes Like “IwantedtotellherthatIwasgettingbetter,becausethatwassupposedtobethenarrativeofillness:Itwasahurdleyoujumpedover,orabattleyouwon.Illnessisastorytoldinthepasttense.” ― JohnGreen, TurtlesAlltheWayDown tags: illness 188likes Like “Worryisitselfanillness,sinceworryisanaccusationagainstDivineWisdom,acriticismofDivineMercy.” ― SaidNursi tags: illness, islam, nursi, sufism, worry 181likes Like “Neuroticscomplainoftheirillness,buttheymakethemostofit,andwhenitcomestotakingitawayfromthemtheywilldefenditlikealionessheryoung.” ― SigmundFreud tags: complaining, illness, neurosis, neurotics, stubborness 172likes Like “Whateverconditionwearein,wemustalwaysdowhatwewanttodo,andifwewanttogoonajourney,thenwemustdosoandnotworryaboutourcondition,evenifit'stheworstpossiblecondition,because,ifitis,we'refinishedanyway,whetherwegoonthejourneyornot,andit'sbettertodiehavingmadethejourneywe'rebeenlongingforthantobestifledbyourlonging.” ― ThomasBernhard, Concrete tags: aspirations, carefree, illness, longevity, mortality 151likes Like “Theevermoresophisticatedweaponspilingupinthearsenalsofthewealthiestandthemightiestcankilltheilliterate,theill,thepoorandthehungry,buttheycannotkillignorance,illness,povertyorhunger.” ― FidelCastro tags: hunger, ignorance, illness, oppression, poverty, war, wealth, weapons, weapons-of-mass-destruction 140likes Like “SavingYouThedarknesstakeshimover,thesicknesspullshimin;hiseyes—ablownoutcandle,Iwishtogowithhim.SometimesIseeaflicker—alightthatshonefromthem;Iholdhimtometightly,beforehe'sgoneagain.” ― LangLeav, Love&Misadventure tags: death, grief, hope, illness, loss 105likes Like “Eachpatientcarrieshisowndoctorinsidehim.” ― NormanCousins, AnatomyofanIllness tags: doctors, health, illness 104likes Like “Ididn'texpecttorecoverfrommysecondoperationbutsinceIdid,IconsiderthatI'mlivingonborrowedtime.EverydaythatdawnsisagifttomeandItakeitinthatway.Iacceptitgratefullywithoutlookingbeyondit.IcompletelyforgetmyphysicalsufferingandalltheunpleasantnessofmypresentconditionandIthinkonlyofthejoyofseeingthesunriseoncemoreandofbeingabletoworkalittlebit,evenunderdifficultconditions.” ― HenriMatisse tags: gift, gratefulness, healing, illness, joy, operation, suffering, surgery 93likes Like “Iamnotafraidtodie;Iamonlyafraidofsayinggoodbyetoyouforever.” ― ShannonL.Alder tags: cancer, dying, fear, goodbye, hope, illness, living, love, scared, sickness, truth 90likes Like “Itellyousolemnly,thatIhavemanytimestriedtobecomeaninsect.ButIwasnotequaleventothat.Iswear,gentlemen,thattobetooconsciousisanillness-arealthorough-goingillness.” ― FyodorDostoevsky, NotesfromUnderground tags: consciousness, illness, sadness 82likes Like “Everysicknesshasanalienquality,afeelingofinvasionandlossofcontrolthatisevidentinthelanguageweuseaboutit.” ― SiriHustvedt, TheShakingWoman,orAHistoryofMyNerves tags: illness, language, sickness 73likes Like “Sometimesthere'snothingyoucando.[...]Sometimestheydon'thaveenoughtofightwith.” ― TamoraPierce, Briar'sBook tags: briar, death, flick, helplessness, henna, illness, sickness 66likes Like “Whenillnessandoldagearenolongerindulgentandstrengthisirrevocablyseepingaway,brightnessfadesinsidiouslyawayfromthelightofthedayandtimeonlybetraysrecklessevanescence.(“Intoanewlife”)” ― ErikPevernagie tags: betray, brightness, day, evanescence, illness, indulgent, insidiously, irrevocably, life, light, old-age, reckless, seep-away, strength, time 54likes Like «previous123456789…2526next» AllQuotes | MyQuotes | AddAQuote BrowseByTag LoveQuotes 85.5k LifeQuotes 67k InspirationalQuotes 64k HumorQuotes 39.5k PhilosophyQuotes 27k GodQuotes 23.5k InspirationalQuotesQuotes 23k TruthQuotes 21.5k WisdomQuotes 21k PoetryQuotes 19k RomanceQuotes 18.5k DeathQuotes 17k HappinessQuotes 17k HopeQuotes 16.5k FaithQuotes 16k InspirationQuotes 14.5k QuotesQuotes 14.5k WritingQuotes 13.5k LifeLessonsQuotes 13.5k ReligionQuotes 13k MotivationalQuotes 13k RelationshipsQuotes 12.5k SuccessQuotes 12k SpiritualityQuotes 11.5k TimeQuotes 11.5k LoveQuotesQuotes 11k LifeQuotesQuotes 11k KnowledgeQuotes 10.5k 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