Andy Behrman famous quotes

The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was cursed with an illness that nobody could see and nobody knew much about.
-- Andy Behrman

#Broken #Guilt #Six

Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends where I picked up $1000 tabs. These high-priced activities were within my limits because I was extremely successful financially, a testament to my manic behavior, not to mention my involvement in illegal activities.
-- Andy Behrman

#Successful #Shopping #Clothes

Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves you gasping from shock and laughing moments later: this is both the beauty and unique nature of her storytelling. With brilliance and courage, the author's brave and candid chronicle travels where no other memoir about mental illness and addiction has gone before. The Third Sunrise is an incredible triumph and Natalie Jeanne Champagne is without a doubt the most important new voice in this genre.
-- Andy Behrman

#Pain #Unique #Agony

When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder.
-- Andy Behrman

#Eyelashes #Sound #Thunder

As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.
-- Andy Behrman

#Attitude #People #Get Better

I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used to have thirty to forty episodes a year.
-- Andy Behrman

#Mean #Cycling #Years

My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination.
-- Andy Behrman

#People #Imagination #Figments

Most nights, I'm good for only four or five hours of sleep. That leaves the other 20. I have to fill them some way.
-- Andy Behrman

#Sleep #Night #Four

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasnt lying in bed.
-- Andy Behrman

#Lying #Bed #Littles

There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.

Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read

We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.

We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.

God is not necessary to create culpability, or to punish. Our fellow men are enough for that, helped by ourselves.

How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!

Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.

I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

Most Russians don't care whether they are ruled by fascists or communists or even Martians as long as they can buy six kinds of sausage in the store and lots of cheap vodka.

The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was cursed with an illness that nobody could see and nobody knew much about.