Illness Quote by Bruce Chatwin

“After the shot he collapsed on the bed and lay there inert, but something was stirring in his spine from neck to the tail…

— William S. Burroughs

“He curled up, twitching and spasming, the pain stormtrooping through his entire body in agonizing, dizzying, pounding waves. He vomited, but it wasn’t the…

— Blake Crouch

“Their bodies lay flatly on the rocks, and their eyes regarded him with evil interest: but it does not appear that Mr. Fison was…

— H.G. Wells

“The disease then seized upon his whole body and distracted it by various torments. For he had a slow fever, and the itching of…

— Eusebius of Caesarea

“The stillness was so profound that he heard a little animal twittering somewhere near by under the snow. It made a small frightened cheep…

— Edith Wharton

“He stood up and took off the dressing gown, the skullcap, the slippers. He took off the linen trousers and shirt. He took off…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“The whole right side of his face was smashed in, concave forehead and crushed cheekbone and one eye bugging precariously from a broken socket.…

— Joan Frances Turner

“few deep breaths returned a slight calm to his frayed nerves. Aware any noise he made would alert the monster to his position, he…

— Ben Hammott

“On his back nothing was what it was, there were no demarcations, no outlines; nothing was formed, it was all in the process of…

— Fred Chappell

“This time I did not have to question the source of his snarls and hisses, and of the fear which made him sink his…

— H.P. Lovecraft

Two frogs fell into a bowl of cream. One didn't panic, he relaxed and drowned. The other kicked and struggled so much that the…

— Anonymous

“There was no breath in him, no flush of blood, no taint of sweat or tears. Next to him, I felt the grossness of…

— Martine Leavitt