“Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit.”
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Douglas Coupland 193
Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and grap… 1961Related quotes
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Context: I've always had these bouts of depression; I hide them well but doesn't mean they aren't there. … I didn't have anyone around for whom I had to put on a cheerful mask. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

“You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble.”
Interview with Julius Lester, "James Baldwin: Reflections of a Maverick" in The New York Times (27 May 1984)
Variant: You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble.
“The Power of the Word,” p. 54.
Language is Sermonic (1970)

“Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you.”
Source: Thief of Time

“You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them.”
Source: The Dark Side of Nowhere

“Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun