Albert Borris Quotes

He said if you do what you have to do today, all the tomorrows have a way of working things out by themselves.

Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me. I never thought I was worth saving.

I suppose it doesn't matter what form love takes, maybe you just need to take it when it comes.

Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.

Owen: depressed people don't have the energy to kill themselves. that's what mr clark saidOwen: he said it's not when people are depressed that you have to worry about them. it's when someone depressed suddenly has energy. that means they decided to kill themselves. to actOwen: and that makes them happy

I can feel the hurt. There's something good about it. Mostly it makes me stop remembering.

One of the things that therapists do if you are suicidal, like a trick, is ask you about the future. They want to know what your plans are. Do you want to be the president? Do you want to be a rock star? They want to know if you want to live later even if you want to die now.

I've been asked by lots of people, "What happens if you do kill yourself?" They want to know about what it would be like for other people around you, like the person who would find your body, the other kids at school, whoever would have to clean up the blood, what your family holidays would be like.