“I long ago learned that one's illnesses are both pleasanter and more useful if one keeps their exact nature to himself: one's… — John Barth Copy Share Image
“He looked as if he he subsisted exclusively on carbohydrates and ill feeling.” — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
For me, Yves Saint Laurent is a hero because he fought his whole life against illness. Maybe the only way to fight… — Jalil Lespert Copy Share Image
The illness has only made certain ambivalences I'd always been conscious of that much more acute. Life versus Death, the absolute randomness… — Ben Doller Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat,… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly about the subject matter in The Dallas Buyer's Club - about AIDS and people fighting illnesses, and fighting… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
In a funny way, the illness spurred me on. I thought to myself, 'I've got to get through this operation to make… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I think people forget that when people lose Medicaid coverage, they still show up at the hospital when they have a chronic… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
One of the patients that really stands out for me was a middle-aged woman who actually had HIV in the early days,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“Your body would not get sick if you held no thought of resentment. It is neither good nor bad of itself. If… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too.… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
“God is not here to be demanded of, begged from, or criticized. He hands out burdens to those who are strong enough… — Ann Napolitano Copy Share Image
I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I think my liver is diseased. Then again,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“His legs withered. His stomach stretched taut as a drum. His skin erupted in watery pustules: whichever way he turned was agony.… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“Be a woman of confidence, not cockiness. Know your boundaries, set no limits. Speak your kindness and turn your back to conformed… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
My alcoholism was an illness. It was in my DNA, my genes. Both my parents were addicts and I have an addictive… — Tony Adams Copy Share Image