Tennessee Williams Quotes

I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional.

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

The biggest message I want to get out is that a lot of us live in a bubble, and we think things can't happen to us, but they do. When it does happen to you, take care of yourself, and then get up.

When you go to the darkest place, all reason and logic deserts you and you are very dependent on having good people around you.

I just want to send a message to my fans saying that it's OK to admit that you need help, and it doesn't make you weak.

The more specific you are about a very general feeling of loneliness is actually how you connect with people.

Sometimes if you just take the time to really pay attention and break it down, you can figure out what caused it. And from there, generally, I can pull myself up out of it. And if I can't, that's where the support group comes in.

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

When I lacked even the self-respect to keep myself alive, she dabbed my cuts and I fell back into being a son; I fell as easily as you fall into your pillow at night. And I didn't want it to end. That's the best way I can explain it. I knew it was impossible. But I didn't want it to end.

The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have to be capable of provoking it and feeling it.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news, is priceless.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.

Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn't in me.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

We live in an emotionally fragile culture. We are in touch with every hurt past, present, and perceived. We are the walking wounded, and we want everyone to know.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?