Quote by Barry Eisler

“I knew she had been right about her situation: while doctors are able to help many people, for her, they could only tell her…

— Garth Stein

“She was like a disease that came along every few years, contaminating everyone in her path.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“Her illness was a relief, for if you are in a high fever you forget all your worries.”

— Italo Svevo

“And somehow, she had wound up exactly where she knew she’d be safest.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“I realized that I was okay with myself. I was quirky and withdrawn and loud, but I liked that. I smiled at strangers without…

— Anna White

“Despite what I said before, it had not been a fear of infecting other people or poor health that had stopped me from going,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Mia had saved me, and then I'd saved her.”

— Adriane Leigh

“You're a disease and its terminal.”

— Martin Boyle

“From her experience working with the weak and the sick, she'd learned that the disease you ignore is the one that kills you, so…

— Edwidge Danticat

“Isabel wondered if there would ever be a time when she could stop being careful. If there would ever be a time when she…

— Melinda Metz

“Mia bottled all this up inside of her and just couldn’t manage it any longer. Mia would feel like it was entirely her fault,…

— Patricia Dsouza

“She’d been cautious to the point of paranoid.”

— Amanda Stevens