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Michael Redhill Quotes

I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that Picture Quote #1

Sufferers of depression have ‘episodes’ the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back Picture Quote #1

The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora’s box, and you can’t close it again Picture Quote #1

No one is depressed when they’re asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you’re really down Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t against becoming a dad: I’d had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most Picture Quote #1

We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I’d write ‘The Calling’ as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me Picture Quote #1

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I’d had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I’d learned in acting school still applied Picture Quote #1

I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the other signs and window dressing, and I see evidence of a city that no longer exists in the keystones and the decorations that line the tops of buildings. That presence of the old city has always moved me Picture Quote #1

Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves Picture Quote #1

I’d fully taken the road many people start on, but most abandon: common sense had given me a miss, and I’d become an artist Picture Quote #1

It’s no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea Picture Quote #1

No one is depressed when they’re asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you’re really down Picture Quote #1

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Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you replace yourself, you die Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t against becoming a dad: I’d had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most Picture Quote #1

Sufferers of depression have ‘episodes’ the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back Picture Quote #1

The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora’s box, and you can’t close it again Picture Quote #1

Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate Picture Quote #1

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I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that (Michael Redhill Quotes) Sufferers of depression have ‘episodes’ the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back. (Michael Redhill Quotes) The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora’s box, and you can’t close it again. (Michael Redhill Quotes) No one is depressed when they’re asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you’re really down. (Michael Redhill Quotes) I wasn’t against becoming a dad: I’d had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most. (Michael Redhill Quotes) We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I’d write ‘The Calling’ as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me (Michael Redhill Quotes) I’d had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I’d learned in acting school still applied (Michael Redhill Quotes) I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the other signs and window dressing, and I see evidence of a city that no longer exists in the keystones and the decorations that line the tops of buildings. That presence of the old city has always moved me (Michael Redhill Quotes) Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves (Michael Redhill Quotes) I’d fully taken the road many people start on, but most abandon: common sense had given me a miss, and I’d become an artist (Michael Redhill Quotes) It’s no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea (Michael Redhill Quotes) No one is depressed when they’re asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you’re really down (Michael Redhill Quotes) Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you replace yourself, you die (Michael Redhill Quotes) I wasn’t against becoming a dad: I’d had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most (Michael Redhill Quotes) Sufferers of depression have ‘episodes’ the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back (Michael Redhill Quotes) The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora’s box, and you can’t close it again (Michael Redhill Quotes) Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate (Michael Redhill Quotes)