Tim Sandlin Quotes

Depression must be avoided, no matter what the cost. Depression is lying on the Edwardian couch for six months, too tired to unlace your shoes. Depression is awakening each morning feeling as if someone near and dear and closely related died the night before. Bad news. Don’t tempt depression.

Traumatic events always happen exactly two years before I reach the maturity level to deal with them.

Movement eases turmoil.

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word…which literally translated means ‘to pass a hard stool’

Friendship is so much healthier than other crutches -alcohol or TV or religious fanaticism. One healthy crutch shouldn’t be against the rules.

Depression is like a headache or true love or any of those indefinable concepts. If you’ve never been there, you don’t know what it’s like until you’re too far in to stop the process.

Whenever a woman says ‘We need to talk,’ it means she’s reached a decision and it’s already too late for you to talk back.

Everybody’s vaguely miserable sometimes…and most people are vaguely miserable most of the time. The trick is to scrap your way from the most-of-the-time to the some-of-the-time category.

Hysteria means the same thing with either laughter or tears.