73 Quotes by Judith Guest

He hangs on now, pressing his hand lightly against the wall, below the window, waiting for the familiar arrow of pain. Only there is none. An oddly pleasant swell of memory, a wave of warmth flooding over him, sliding back, slowly. It is a first.

Don’t put anyone out of your heart, there’s room for all.

With my friends, I don’t feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling. Reduction, see? Of all feeling. People who keep stiff upper lips find that it’s damn hard to smile.

For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest.

A little advice about feelings kiddo; don’t expect it always to tickle.” Dr, Berger.

And if you ever do a survey, you’ll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

It’s true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it.

Make notes – I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.