“THERE IS A CERTAIN depth of illness that is piercing in its isolation; the only rule of existence is uncertainty, and the… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Life Copy Share Image
“It seemed far more reasonable to belong to a species that had evolved natural tooth replacement than to belong to one that… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Dentist Copy Share Image
“I find that nothing is quite as I remember; in my absence, the world has changed.” — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Absence Copy Share Image
“Those of us with illnesses are the holders of the silent fears of those with good health.” — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Doctor Copy Share Image
“Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties.” — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Health Copy Share Image
“The life of a snail is as full of tasty food, comfortable beds of sorts, and a mix of pleasant and not-so-pleasant… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Life Copy Share Image
“I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Snail Copy Share Image
“As the snail's world grew more familiar, my own human world became less so; my species was so large, so rushed, and… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Snail Copy Share Image
“The snail had been a true mentor; its tiny existence had sustained me. Late one winter night I wrote in my journal:… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Life Copy Share Image
“My bed was an island within the desolate sea of my room. Yet I knew that there were other people homebound from… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Around the world Copy Share Image
“The crucial first step to survival in all organisms is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Biology Copy Share Image
“There was no woodsy fragrance blowing through my room, and the snail, especially while it lived in the pot of violets, must… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
“The sentence that best expresses a snail's way of life: 'The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Life Copy Share Image
“Millions of centuries of voyaging via animals, water, and wind brought my snail's family to colonize the woods near where I was… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Family Copy Share Image
“Survival often depends on a specific focus: A relationship, a belief, or a hope balanced on the edge of possibility. Or something… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Faith Copy Share Image
“We are all hostages of time. We each have the same number of minutes and hours to live within a day, yet… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Abundance Copy Share Image
“There is a certain depth of illness that is piercing in its isolation: the only rule of existence is uncertainty, and the… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Death Copy Share Image
“The crucial first step to survival in all organisms is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Biology Copy Share Image
“Illness isolates; the isolated become invisible; the invisible become forgotten. But the snail…the snail kept my spirit from evaporating.” — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Forgotten Copy Share Image
“Was this truly a door that I would someday open and walk through, as if walking out into the world were an… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
“Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties…Time… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Certainty Copy Share Image
“In terms of size, mammals are an anomaly, as the vast majority of the world's existing species are snail-sized or smaller. It's… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Mammals Copy Share Image
“I wrote to one of my doctors: I could never have guessed what would get me through this past year - a… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Life Copy Share Image
“As I glided further into the dusty mollusk volumes, I discovered that gastropods - which account for 80 percent of all mollusks… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Bacteria Copy Share Image
