“Nobody dies of hysterics, though. They don't matter. God gave woman hysterics as a relief.” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Man is unpredictable, despite Mr. Wells' good record. On Monday, man may be hysterical with doom, and on Tuesday you will find… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
Gloom and sadness are poison to us, and the origin of hysterics. You are right in thinking that this disease is in… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
“The photograph, then, becomes a representation of a representation of a disease that represents. In other words, in order to produce the… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Blaming therapy, social work and other caring professions for the confabulation of testimony of 'satanic ritual abuse' legitimated a programme of political… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Hysterics are the hallmark of the production of genius. Insults are its common currency.” — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
“I blinked at him just casually talking about my new sex life with his genie-shiny head, and I knew at any second… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Although the terminology implies scientific endorsement, false memory syndrome is not currently an accepted diagnostic label by the APA and is not… — Michelle Rae Hebl Copy Share Image
“Clinically speaking, hysteria is - not only among the religious - the ability to somatize figures of speech; from a philosophical perspective,… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“Wait till Buzz takes charge of us. A real Fascist dictatorship!" "Nonsense! Nonsense!" snorted Tasbrough. "That couldn't happen here in America, not… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of Traumatic Stress interviewed 129 women with documented histories of child sexual… — Janet Walker Copy Share Image