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“Time has dealt kindly with that stout officer, as it does ordinarily with men who have good stomachs and good tempers, and are not…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“His temples throbbed but the migraine had retreated, leaving a soft wash of endorphins in its wake. He lay blinking at the pillow, light-headed…

— Sarah Hilary

“Thick pulse and dizziness make his head light and stomach turn. He really can’t feel his fingers, or knees for that matter. But everything…

— Changdictator

His most frequent ailment was the headache which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee.

— Samuel Johnson

“He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors, how weeks of patient work night and day could be…

— John le Carré

Intelligence officers are a peculiar lot. Whether they are active or retired, their brains are wired for a completely different way of seeing the…

— Malcolm Nance

“Doctor, what could you prescribe for Charlemund?” The doctor looked down his nose at the unconscious form of the arch-diocel. “Arsenic?” “Now, really. Something…

— Brian McClellan

“There is a constant suspicion that headache and giddiness are to be ascribed to philosophy, and hence all practising or making trial of virtue…

— Plato

I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other…

— Mark Helprin

“He was so cheerful all the time it seemed like he might have brain damage.”

— Nicole Conway

He suffered from a rush of words to the head.

— Anonymous

“He realised at once that a mistake had been made: he had been sent the wrong hangover. Somewhere in northern Rhodesia there was a…

— Ned Beauman