Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves.
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MICHAEL LEVY The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor... MICHAEL CAINE I see tendencies, I see body language. MICHAEL CHANG In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observer... MICHAEL LEUNIG Before I started writing about food, my focus was really on the human relationship to plants. Not on... MICHAEL POLLAN Not that I'm some rocker, but what I do in a show is probably far more aggressive than what Dean... MICHAEL BUBLE I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who be... MICHAEL SYMON Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing. MICHAEL PHILLIPS