*I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.* [*Andrew Solomon*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8650.Andrew_Solomon?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Happy birthday, Andrew Solomon! His memoir, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. The book expamines the cultural ramifications of depression through Solomon’s interviews with medical professionals, politicians, and depression sufferers.