My Commonplace Book

There's no cure for getting depressed. There's no cure for self-loathing or periods of it. But figure out enough about it so that when it happens, you can get over it and keep moving and just accomplish more.
                        —Conan O'Brien quotes (b. 1963), American television talk show host

Couple fight to keep home in Columbia
Possible loss is tied to tragedy, depression, legalities

This story is a terrible tragedy. If Mrs. Rochee is so severely depressed over her son's death that she's still unable to function ten years later, she's obviously stuck in her grieving and needs help to move on ... but that's beside the point. The situation she got herself into seems astounding, but I can certainly relate to the way depression can cause one to be so immobilized as to fail to act on even on very important matters.

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It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.       
              —Peter Nivio Zarlenga, American businessman

I find that with me low spirits and feeble health come and go together. The last two or three months I have had frequent attacks of the blues. They generally are upon me or within me when I am somewhat out of order in bowels, throat, or head.
                    —Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), American lawyer, nineteenth president of the US