top of page
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel

"Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left."

Standard 
 Customized
"Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left."

Exlpore more People quotes

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Do you genuinely love people? Or at least make an effort to like them? Your first impressions will be made easier and more successful when you start with your heart."

Explore more quotes by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"My life's actually been quite dull; it's not all that glamorous."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don't know the answer, I know only that I can't."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"I'd really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time."
Quote_1.png
Elizabeth Wurtzel
"In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power."
bottom of page