Forgotten Quote by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The most evil and insidious thing about mental illness is that it isolates us and makes us feel so different that we think no…

— Shannon Purser

“The sentence that best expresses a snail's way of life: 'The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“As the snail's world grew more familiar, my own human world became less so; my species was so large, so rushed, and so confusing.”

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the creature itself.”

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“There was no woodsy fragrance blowing through my room, and the snail, especially while it lived in the pot of violets, must have been…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“The life of a snail is as full of tasty food, comfortable beds of sorts, and a mix of pleasant and not-so-pleasant adventures as…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“The snail had been a true mentor; its tiny existence had sustained me. Late one winter night I wrote in my journal: A last…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“Life without a snail was hard to contemplate.”

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.

— Mason Cooley

People often say that I have a child's eye. For example, I stare at ants gathering around sugar, or when I seek shelter from…

— Rinko Kawauchi

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of…

— Marlon Brando