Chronic illness Quote by James C. Coyne

“He cherished all those he treated, even the ones made mean by their sickness, even the ones he knew had been mean before they’d…

— Noah Gordon

“Instead of trying to still his fears he encouraged them, with that superstitious impression which clings to us all that if we expect evil…

— George Eliot

“He chose illness, because he knew of no other way to be seen. Not even by those looking at him.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“He felt like a man whose fever had broken, flush with the euphoria of the first, tenuous return of strength—still weak, but buoyant with…

— Gaelen Foley

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“He was not so lucky. He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing the hold dearest to their hearts,…

— Gregory Maguire

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“But he knew what was wrong with him; he was ashamed of himself and afraid of them- afraid of the society whe so despised.”

— Ryünosuke Akutagawa

“He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon a rickety…

— Patrick White

“All his life had been based on this hostile kind of strength; a strength that viewed the world as a thing to master, to…

— Don Berry

“Through the years of his struggle, he had learned that an apparently causeless antagonism was not hard to deal with, but an apparently causeless…

— Ayn Rand

“He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish…

— Gregory Maguire