When you’re downed by this affliction, if there were a curative magic wand on the table eight feet away, it would be too much trouble to go over and pick it up. […] In the depths of the malady, getting a stamp on a letter is a day’s work.

Dick Cavett (b. 1936) American writer and critic

“Smiling Through,” New York Times (27 Jun 2008)
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Regarding depression.