quotes about Hibernation
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Some authors have conceptualized depression as a "depletion syndrome" because of the prominence of fatigability; they postulate that the patient exhausts his available energy during the period prior to the onset of the depression and that the depressed state represents a kind of hibernation, during which the patient gradually builds up a new story of energy.
-- Aaron T. BeckSource : Aaron T. Beck (1967). “Depression: Clinical, Experimental, and Theoretical Aspects”, p.36, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
-- Ralph Ellison -
Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.
-- John O'HaraSource : 1940 Pal Joey, ch.9.