It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled. — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarro’s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The nurse is temporarily the consciousness of the unconscious, the love of life of the suicidal, the leg of the amputee, the… — Virginia Henderson Copy Share Image
His contagious conviction that our love was unique and desperate infected me with an anxious sickness; soon we would learn to treat… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
The nurse is temporarily the consciousness of the unconscious, the love of life for the suicidal, the leg of the amputee, the… — Virginia Henderson Copy Share Image
There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I've had journalists asking me, 'What do we call you - is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?' I said, 'Well… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
If the legs did provide such an advantage that some of the people are claiming they did, then there would be a… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in… — Terry Fox Copy Share Image
People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
He flipped himself onto his side and kissed me. "You're so hot," I said, my hand still on his leg. "I'm starting… — John Green Copy Share Image
I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a 'natural' level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
