Aloud Quote by Carl Zimmer

“Very helpful, I must say. Look at them in the eye and shout, and they understand every word..." (Mr. Warbeck in Sienna, talking about…

— Hilary McKay

“You know, we should make a note of all the mean things Elisa says to us in Italian. That way, we’ll learn all the…

— Lauren Henderson

“[Evie] says the flu wanted to make barbarians of us, to have us think life is not precious and the dead are not worthy…

— Susan Meissner

“But very affectionately. Since you're up on the language, why don't we finish the night off by…" She rose up to whisper in his…

— Nora Roberts

“Erm.. dear, do I ride out for Apocalypses?' Mrs War took the lid off the saucepan and prodded viciously at something inside. 'No, dear,'…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Italo Svevo

“It was a musty sweet smell. "Is this plague city?”

— Thaddeus Nowak

“..."You're getting a sort of vaccination this year. If you don't know it now, you'll find it out some day. But it's going to…

— Ruth Sawyer

“My soul had the flu.”

— Cara McKenna

“Imagine," she said, after registering, "a whole city of gorgeous Italian guys. They can say anything to me, and it'll be sexy." "You'll be…

— Stephanie Perkins

“Clara,” he says quietly. “I think it’s time you told me about what happened in Italy.”

— Cynthia Hand

“Words sometimes get sick and we have to heal them.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh