William Styron, from 'Darkness V Quotes

A collection of quotes by William Styron, from 'Darkness V.

William Styron (1925-2006) was an American novelist and essayist best known for his novel "Darkness Visible." Born in Virginia, Styron served in the Marines during World War II before attending Duke University. His breakthrough novel, "Lie Down in Darkness" (1951), garnered critical acclaim, and he went on to publish several other highly regarded works, including "The Confessions of Nat Turner" (1967), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Styron's writing often explored themes of mental illness, history, and the complexities of human nature. "Darkness Visible" (1990), a memoir detailing his own battle with depression, remains a seminal work on the subject.

In depression...faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoratio

In depression...faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no rememdy will come, not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

William Styron, from 'Darkness V

Depression