"You don't think in depression that you've put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly."

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Source : Andrew Solomon (2014). “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

Andrew Solomon

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Veils Quotes

“Not all of our work is dark, but when we are working on a dark project, we really tend to go there.”
“After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.”
“I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.”

Source : "Archie Panjabi: 'I love roles that transform me'" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.
“House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.”
“You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.”

Source : Rebecca West (2010). “The Fountain Overflows”, p.153, Open Road Media
“If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.5
“All day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.”

Source : Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.66, Library of America
“Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home.”

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