At faculty meetings I sat next to people whose books had sol...

At faculty meetings I sat next to people whose books had sold two million copies. Success seemed so close, just within reach. On subway benches I sat next to people who were gangrenous, dying, but I never thought I’d catch what they had.

I think depression is where these perspectives are switched.

They are equally untrue in either case.

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