Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can…

Andrew Solomon
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Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks. ✨ Andrew Solomon (2014). The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression, p.320, Simon and Schuster
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