Killing oneself is, anyway, a misnomer. We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody dies after a long illness, people are apt to say, with a note of approval, "He fought so hard." And they are inclined to think, about a suicide, that no fight was involved, that somebody simply gave up. This is quite wrong. Sally Brampton
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  1. One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

  2. Hope is only the love of life.

  3. There is one thing we know about meaning: that meaning consists in attachment to something bigger than you are.

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  5. Sometimes, " says a fellow depressive, "I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's how I feel anyway. Then, maybe, people would stop minimising my illness because they can actually see what's wrong with me. They...

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