"The most important thing is to get the right people in the right jobs."

There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors."

To live is to choose, and to choose is to renounce.