“Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?”

Judy Garland - Esther Smith

I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town". Man bursts into tears. "But doctor, I am Pagliacci".
Jackie Earle Haley - Rorschach

“I know how you white boys always deal with that depression. I don't understand what you white boys are all depressed about. Hey, you're white! Smile!”
Chris Rock - Caretaker

“- Harvey Pekar: You don't have any problems with moving to Cleveland?
- Joyce Brabner: Not really. I find most American cities to be depressing in the same way.”
Paul Giamatti - Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis - Joyce Brabner

Hemingway has his classic moment in "The Sun Also Rises" when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. All he can say is, "Gradually, then suddenly". That's how depression hits. You wake up one morning, afraid that you're gonna live.
Christina Ricci - Elizabeth