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Which Quote In Literature Helped You Out With Your Depression?

“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”

Farrah Penn
by Farrah Penn

BuzzFeed Junior Writer

Books have a profound way of connecting us to the feelings of certain characters.

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And sometimes you read a beautiful line that captures exactly what you're going through.

Maybe a hopeful sentence in classic literature has helped you out during a dark time.

Or maybe you've related to a powerful passage that fully expressed honesty.

Or perhaps a certain character's profound thoughts have made an incredible impact in your life.

What line in literature has helped you out with your depression? Tell us in the comments and you could be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post.