Among women, guilt spreads with the rampant fury of bubonic plague. ... I used to feel guilty if the cat had matted fur. — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
“Jews, there are bound to be misconceptions. During the Middle Ages, they were even accused of causing the bubonic plague by poisoning… — C.H. Dalton Copy Share Image
“But the bubonic plague never went away entirely. It still exists today. The World Health Organization reports that in 2013 there were… — Jennifer Wright Copy Share Image
Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Just as not all butterflies produce a hurricane, not all outbreaks of bubonic plague produce a Renaissance.” — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
“Agnes! Do you hear me? I was wrong. The world isn't ending. There are things that matter. We matter.” — Julia Gfrörer Copy Share Image
“They burned this neighbourhood down in the early 1900s to prevent the spread of bubonic plague, and it occurs to me that… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“If you were a peasant and someone said, “If you live in a sewer, the bubonic plague won’t kill you,” your reaction… — Jennifer Wright Copy Share Image
“Gordy,” I said. “I need to talk to you." "I don't have time," he said. "Mr. Orcutt and I have to debug… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Bubonic plague killed a third of the people in Europe, but it destroyed the old governments and allowed their citizens to gain… — Nancy Farmer Copy Share Image
“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
Throughout the early Christian period, every great calamity - famine, earthquake, and plague - led to mass conversions, another indirect influence by… — Hans Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Ebola is a zoonosis. So is bubonic plague. So was the so-called Spanish influenza of 1918–1919, which had its ultimate source in… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
“Mallory!" Catcher's voice boomed down the stairs. Mallory fixed her mouth into a tight line and walked me into the kitchen. "Ignore… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
“Plagues were nothing new to Europe…. They were recorded as far back as 1347, and continued on until 1750. In 1649, a… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard… — Marina Fiorato Copy Share Image
Our society is filled with runaways, dropouts, and quitters. The epidemic of walking away has hit our land with effects as devastating… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
“Ding! Princess Alpacca, pronounced like the animal, first in line to the throne of Alieya Island, a small nation below the south… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“Bubonic plague is 'natural,' I snapped back. Doesn't mean it's good for you.” — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
“If I had a baseball bat and bulldozer, maybe I could stop him. But without real weapons, without a pistol, a man-eating… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“No comparable mortality had been experienced since the bubonic plague nearly five hundred years before, and modern medical science stood impotent before… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
“The obsession was gone. We liked each other, even loved each other. And our sex was still good, but the hunger was… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
“We try, we struggle, all the time to find words to express our love. The quality, the quantity, certain that no two… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“Well finish your story anyway." Where was I?" The bubonic plague. The bulldozer was stalled by corpses." Oh, yes. Anyway, one sleepless… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
