“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” — John Green
“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.” — Jonathan Harnisch
“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.” — Julian Seifter
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Amy March, from Little Women
“Your mental health is everything — prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does.” — Mel Robbins
“We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that.” — Sam J. Miller
“It’s possible to live well, feel well, and also find happiness with bipolar disorder or any other mental illness [you’re] struggling with.” — Demi Lovato
"No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself." — Virginia Woolf
"I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape." — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain." — Matt Haig