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

J. K. Rowling
1274 citations
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.
Sadness Thought
25

More Author Quotes

It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel - past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, w … ▶
Hide them all, then. Keep her – them – safe. Please.' And what will you give me in return, Severus?' In – in return? Anything.
Ah, music, he said, wiping his eyes. A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!
Krystal flung herself violently off the chair, away from her mother. She was surprised to feel warm liquid flowing down her cheeks, and thought confusedly of blood, but it was tears, only tears, clea … ▶
What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes