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In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Autobiographer
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New York City
New York
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
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That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.
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...if you feel everything intensely, ultimately you feel nothing at all.
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Doing nothing is opting for the sweetness of stillness...Instead of fighting with that which you cannot control, you might as well just see it through.
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You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights.
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Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies.
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I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one.
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So many more cycles of elation of the first kiss, and devastation when it's over.
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Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective.
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Banned! My eyes light up, I think I see stars. Anything that has been banned by anyone must be something I’d like.
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