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Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

Total quotes: 8
“We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, Opinion | To Know Suicide: Depression Can Be Treated, but It Takes Competence
Tagged: Depression, Suicide, Illness
“Time will pass; these moods will pass; and I will, eventually, be myself again.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Tagged: Recovery, Time, Moving On, Letting Go
“A possible link between madness and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions; it is also one of the most controversial.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
Tagged: Mental Disorder, Psychiatry
“Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, The Benefits of Restlessness and Jagged Edges
Tagged: Knowledge, Wisdom, Philosophy
“It never occurred to her to give up.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Tagged: Hope, Not Giving Up, Never Surrender, Strong, Brave
“I lost a great innocence when I understood that I and my mind were not going to be on good terms for the rest of my life. I can’t tell you how tired I am of character-building experiences. But I treasure this part of me; whoever loves me loves me with this in it.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Tagged: Innocence, Experiences
“Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job, or broken up with someone. But these experiences carry with them feelings. Depression, instead, is flat, hollow, and unendurable. It is also tiresome.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Tagged: Depression, Divorce, Feelings
“No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both. It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.”
— Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Tagged: Pills, Depression, therapy
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