Illness Quotes

1077 Illness quotes by 776 unique authors

....love and desire enjoy a symbiotic relationship, meaning that one cannot exist without the other. Desire is an enemy to contentment; desire is illness, a… — Lauren Oliver
I am part of what she thinks is her illness, a symptom of which she thinks she has been cured. She, on the other hand,… — Louise Erdrich
With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being… — Mark Vonnegut
Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the people who are… — Daniel Handler
Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness—if she should… — Jane Austen
The merciful precepts of Christ will at last suffuse the Code and it will glow with their radiance. Crime will be considered an illness with… — Victor Hugo
I know girls who pine for it. They like to play dress-up and pretend being Vor ladies of old, rescued from menace by romantic Vor… — Lois McMaster Bujold
This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has… — David Foster Wallace
Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn… — Anna Quindlen
In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness… — Anne Frank
I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least… — Franny Billingsley
The Sisters vanished entirely then, and Aunt Harriet was standing over Tessa, her face flushed with fever as it had been during the terrible illness… — Cassandra Clare
But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to… — Tim Dorsey
Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the… — Alice Miller
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should… — David Brin
…I feel like he’s taking advantage of me. Advantage of my illness. He thinks he can rewrite history in any way that he likes and… — S.J. Watson
It's for personal reasons," I say stiffly, which is what my mother had always told me to say about things that had to do with… — Maggie Stiefvater
Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. That’s because my books are not to be read in… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness… — Irving Kirsch
Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say "What does it matter to me if some… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of. — John Green
Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? I remember at the time of the wreck-- people… — Walker Percy
Piers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.' 'Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm… — Eloisa James

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