“My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.”

“For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you’re depressed.
Will you ever feel ok?”

“"I'm *not* schizophrenic. A little manic-depressive, maybe."
"Know thyself."
"We try, sir."”

“What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.”

“I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result.”

“Because I'm not, in fact, depressed, Prozac makes me manic and numb - one of the reasons I slice my arm in the first place is that I'm coked to the gills on something utterly wrong for what I have.”

“His crush went from exciting to depressing, as if he'd gone from the first blush of infatuation to the terminal nostalgia of a former lover without even the temporary relief of an actual relationship in between.”

“What Dad means by "see" of course, is "drive past at 67 miles per hour." Dad feels it is a foolish waste of valuable vacation time to get out of the car and actually go look at an attraction.”

“They may ask why nature or God created such horrible conditions as autism, manic depression, and schizophrenia. However, if the genes that caused these conditions were eliminated there might be a terrible price to pay.”

“Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening”