Quote by Barbara Pym

“But he was not sick there. He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place.”

— James Joyce

“I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil.”

— Charles Rangel

“I did not mind the cold so much when he was there.”

— Tracy Chevalier

“John doesn't know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him. It is getting to…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“John turned to her, with streaks of dried blood along his face. “Thank goodness we got the easy job.”

— Julie James

“His relationship with illness was flirtatious; only a particularly attractive ailment could tempt him into bed.”

— Sam Byers

“I am glad my case is not serious! But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing. John does not know how much I really suffer.…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place. (...) He wanted to cry.”

— James Joyce

“I knew how he felt, how it was like being swallowed by winter, so that even your insides were too stark and too cold.”

— Alyxandra Harvey

“I felt kind of sick for some reason,”

— John Green

“I was cold because nothing in my body was working as it should.”

— Joan Didion

“Without thought, I held her closer as her body continued to shake. The woman who felt everything leaned in closer to the man who…

— Brittainy C. Cherry