“Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair.”

“Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.”

“Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.”

“And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito.”

“The poet
never must lose despair.”

“Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.”

“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”

“No one ever perfectly loved God who did not perfectly love some of his creatures in this world.”

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”

“Dreams are evidence that we are creatures who produce more meaning than we can ourselves understand.”