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Andrew Solomon

We think that fear must be played out in fight, with military intervention, or in flight, via isolationism – but we are not hunted game, and those are not the only options. There is also the possibility of acceptance, with its corollary of understanding and its ultimate manifestation in embracing.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

As a little kid in the late 1960s, I was afraid of the world. Even if I didn’t get caught in the draft that was sending American teenagers to Vietnam, there was always the possibility of a Soviet nuclear attack. I made constant escape plans and imagined a life going from port to port.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

I loathe having a fragile brain and knowing as I make any plan that I should provide for the possibility that my mind may betray me at short notice.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

When I’m not depressed, I draw strength and beauty from depression; when I am depressed, I find no such things.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

Writing ‘The Noonday Demon’ turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university I attended assigns the book and invited me to be a guest lecturer.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

My father’s an opera nut, and my stepmother used to work at the Metropolitan Opera, so I had a lot of opera immersion. I like the grandness and pretention of it.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I’m writing is to munch my way through boxes of chocolates.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

My parents’ usual reprimand was to remind me that I was not the Prince of Wales.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

Now, it’s not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a husband; I have a life; I have friends who I’ve met through this. It’s who I am.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

Depression is so exhausting – it takes up so much of your time and energy – and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

Forging meaning is about changing yourself. Building identity is about changing the world.

– Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon

Someday, being gay will be a simple fact, free of party hats and blame. But not yet.

– Andrew Solomon

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