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Quotes About Sickness

If you can blame sickness on somebody, instead of accepting it for what it is, then you can avoid being responsible for it. You don't have to try to end the pain.
~ Stephen R. Donaldson
I had entered Kidneyland. I was officially a patient now. Somehow, I had managed to walk through the door: WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SICKNESS. We have air-conditioning and HBO.
~ Steven Cojocaru
The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
~ William Blake
Love is a sickness full of woes, all remedies refusing.
~ Samuel Daniel
The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization
~ Herbert Marcuse
In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?
~ Cornelia Funke
Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.
~ Francis of Assisi
It is one thing to be sick of your own infirmities and another to understand that the people you love most are sick of them also. You are very near then to being friendless in the world.
~ Leif Enger
It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.
~ Diane de Poitiers
Era sempre crepúsculo na enfermaria. Era como uma antessala do túmulo, com as pesadas cortinas que impediam a luz de entrar.
~ Jorge Amado
Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. War is a time out of balance. When it is truly over, we must work to restore peace and sacred harmony once again.
~ Joseph Bruchac
I was coughing and sneezing, my eyes were sore, my knees were shaky, I was as hungry as a bitch wolf, and I had exactly eight cents to my name. I didn't care. my history was longer by eleven thousand brand-new words, and at that moment I bet there wasn't a chairman of the board in all New York as happy as I.
~ Joseph Mitchell
Is Gray Wing sick?" Black Ear asked Slate. White Tail lifted his nose knowledgeably. "He's got the sniffles. Reed Tail's been giving him herbs just like the ones he gave me when I had the sniffles.
~ Erin Hunter
It's not up to us to trust him now," Fireheart pointed out. "He's got a new Clan, and Runningnose reported an omen that seemed to say StarClan would be sending them a great new leader. StarClan must know that ShadowClan needs a strong warrior to build them up again after the sickness." Graystripe didn't look convinced. "StarClan sent him?" He snorted. "I'll believe that when hedgehogs fly.
~ Erin Hunter
So the sick man has the feeling not that he lacks something but that he has too much of something. His discomfort, as something which is hanging around him and superfluous, has to go; pain is proud flesh. He dreams of the body which knows how to keep comfortably quiet again.
~ Ernst Bloch
And so, as you say, "Perfect health, I seek you … I want you—I bask in the idea of perfect health," you are attracting health. But as you say, "Sickness, I do not want you," you are attracting sickness. As you say, "No, no, no," it is coming closer, closer, closer, because the more you struggle against something
~ Esther Hicks
I bent over, sick, and leaned my head against the softness of his stomach. He wrapped his arms around me, rocking gently. He said, "We should take you to the ocean, maybe that's what you need to feel better." He sang into my ear, under his breath. Silly songs. "That's the recipe for making love…
~ Eula Biss
Cancer magnifies the in-betweenness of young adulthood: You're not a child anymore, yet you're not fully ready to live in the adult world, either. After my diagnosis, I moved back into my childhood bedroom. And as I get sicker, I increasingly rely on my parents to take care of me.
~ Suleika Jaouad
Even when I was facing death, I remained full of faith. I did not want to be faithful to God all the way up to serving in Liberia for ten months, only to give up at the end because I was sick.
~ Kent Brantly
That used to be one of my greatest fears growing up: my mom would get sick and then she wouldn't be able to go to work and then there is no food or money for rent.
~ Mazie Hirono
I loathe cheese, it makes me ill.
~ Colin Baker
We have all been impacted by COVID-19. Some of us have lost a loved one and others know those who are sick.
~ Kim Reynolds
All Hoosiers, all Americans, myself included, should never go broke in this country because you get sick or have a bad accident.
~ Mike Braun
Of course, we often think we have to get sick literally in order to get the rest or pleasure we need in our lives. Bobbie and I therefore taught our children when they were younger that if they needed a day off from school, they should just say that and take a health day, not a sick day. That made them look at life differently. I think all of us need to rethink our attitudes toward health and sickness.
~ Bernie S. Siegel