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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“Just as not all butterflies produce a hurricane, not all outbreaks of bubonic plague produce a Renaissance.” — Eric Weiner 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
“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
“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
