William Styron Quotes about Depression

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Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.

William Styron

Depression, Pain, Suffering

William Clark Styron (2010). “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness”, p.26, Open Road Media

It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

William Styron

Depression, Crush, Pain

"Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness". Book by William Styron (Chapter VI), 1990.

In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come - - not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

William Styron

Sad, Depression, Crush

Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only blessing; but to the tragic legion who are compelled to destroy themselves there should be no more reproof attached than to the victims of terminal cancer.

William Styron

Depression, Cancer, Healing

William Styron (1990). “Darkness visible: a memoir of madness”, Random House Incorporated

The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.

William Styron

Depression, Zero, Psychics

William Styron (2010). “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness”, p.25, Open Road Media