A disruption of the circadian cycle–the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life–seems to be involved in many, if not most, cases of depression; this is why brutal insomnia so often occurs and is most likely why each day’s pattern of distress exhibits fairly predictable alternating periods of intensity and relief. William Styron
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  1. I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother. - Martha Gellhorn
  2. Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings. - Asa Don Brown
  3. Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. - C.g. Jung
  4. How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole - C.g. Jung
  5. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. - C.g. Jung
More Quotes By William Styron
  1. E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle. And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.
  2. The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads.
  3. The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a happy bunch of chuckleheads.
  4. I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
  5. A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
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