“Depression
is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures
who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism
of that despair. When it comes, it degrades one’s self and
ultimately eclipses the capacity to give or receive affection. It
is the aloneness within us made manifest, and it destroys not only
connection to others but also the ability to be peacefully alone
with oneself.”