It’s so difficult to describe [depression] to someone who’s never been…

J. K. Rowling
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It’s so difficult to describe [depression] to someone who’s never been there, because it’s not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But it’s that cold absence of feeling — that really hollowed-out feeling. ✨ The Brilliant Mind Behind Harry Potter. Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 1, 2010.
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