Difficulty Quote by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Healthy" and "diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as…

— Naomi Wolf

Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my…

— Gillian Flynn

A significant number of women who have been ill or had marital issues feel they have no value, and society is so keen on…

— Susanne Bier

“as Krishnamurti said, “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

— Jay Michaelson

“Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals.”

— Kaimana Wolff

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. We have lost it, or we have never had…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.

— Siri Hustvedt

To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption.

— Richard Hofstadter

The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.

— Tony Snow

I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.

— Oliver James

People who feel well are sick people neglecting themselves.

— Jules Romains

Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path.

— Christiane Northrup