Quote by Rex Stout Download Open image ““He’s sick.” “What with?” “Sitzenlust. Chronic. The opposite of wanderlust.”” — Rex Stout ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“During the years he was never sick, except of course for the chronic indigestion which was universal, and still is, with men who live… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The disease which racked his body was a sweetheart compared to the more obscure one that possessed his sick mind.” — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“No man need curing of his individual sickness; his universal malady is what he should look to.” — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
“He was sick, sick from the long dangerous trip he had taken, sick from all the medicine —the pills, the inoculations, the inhaled gases — sick from worry, the anticipation of crisis, and terribly sick from the awful burden of his own weight. He had known for years that when the time came, when he would finally land and begin… — Walter Tevis Copy Share
“I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil.” — Charles Rangel Copy Share Image
“He chose illness, because he knew of no other way to be seen. Not even by those looking at him.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Characteristic of sickness to stay awake when everything sleeps, when everything is at rest, even the sick man.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“The Wonderlust--probably it's a worse affliction than the Wanderlust.” — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“I could worry about his health but somehow not about my own. We throw ourselves away a little each day. Dr.” — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
“III. Hippocrates having cured many sicknesses, fell sick himself and died.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Illness was a temporary respite, a release from the demands of an alienating world.” — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“With each successive pint he found that he was enjoying himself significantly less; until now he was sitting and shivering on the sidewalk outside… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A person who does not read cannot think. He may have good mental processes, but he has nothing to think about. You can feel… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“When we turned right on Thirty-fifth Street our suffix came along. By the time we rolled to the curb in front of Wolfe's house… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
