Quote by Roberto Bolaño

“Characteristic of sickness to stay awake when everything sleeps, when everything is at rest, even the sick man.”

— Emil Cioran

“Bethany and I often hook up like this. She texts me at the height of her boredom, unable to sleep, and since it's past…

— Penelope Fletcher

“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.”

— Gillian Flynn

“Emma says her illness was a kind of self-hypnosis which obliterated the outside world, a way of escaping life and reducing its proportions to…

— Carol Lee

“Lisa's friendship was less of a choice than a fact of life. It worked out well - kind of symbiotic, actually. I beat up…

— Cecily White

“Evening has disappeared. It takes me a while to realize this.In the meantime,I'm getting medical attention. A doctor named Johanna has detected a possible…

— Michael Grant Katherine Applegate

“She suddenly realizes that Bob, the probable cancer patient, is standing in the hallway looking lost. She stops and tries to look concerned. 'Will…

— Tom Winter

“Sickness burrowed deep inside you, and even if you were cured, even if you could be cured, you would never forget how it felt…

— Brit Bennett

“All sickness is homesickness.”

— Dianne Connelly

“Life is a journey of ups, downs, failures, and turns. Make sure it won't make you sick in the end.”

— Kisha Rivera

“I knew she had been right about her situation: while doctors are able to help many people, for her, they could only tell her…

— Garth Stein

“Emily woke to shadows and their voices. They looked different today, because the entire world hurt. The numbness had worn off sometime between sleep…

— Allie Burke