Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• 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.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Happiness, Depression, Fighting

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Love, Depression, Knowing

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.110, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Sometimes I wish that there were a way to let people know that just because I live in a world without rules, and in a life that is lawless, doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt so bad the morning after.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Hurt, Morning, Mean

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.172, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• 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.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Fake People, Hypocrisy, Sorrow

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.269, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Life, Literature, Adults

• In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Depression, Literature, Way

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.302, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  People, Literature, Worried

  "Snort story" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2002.

• 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.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Depression, Real, Thinking

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.172, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Time, School, Talking

• Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Issues, Abuse, Literature

  "Snort story" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2002.

• I'd really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Work, Book, Writing

• I start to feel like I can't maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Life, Stupid, Wish

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Feminist, Feminism, Literature

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