#afflicted

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#incident #natural #our #pitiful #sex

He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral. ↗

— John Galsworthy

#beauty #doubt #ever #immoral #looked

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#feel #feel good #good #know #like

More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ↗

— Ron Kind

#cell #cell research #could #cures #debilitating

There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that. ↗

— Alan Thicke

#effects #even #family #get #help

Listen to the breath of the rain." They were silent for a minute. Dillon closed his eyes and tried to grasp at what Hunter experienced. Hunter moved closer and put the heat of his breath in Dillon's ear. "I want you to make love to me by the rhythm of the rain," he whispered. ↗

— Brandon Shire

#love

We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to - be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#bearers #been #born #common #consent

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#afflicted #bear #best #burden #call

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#afflicted #comfort #comfortable

…It's breadth, and the strength between us to know that we're ready for the next step. I want to do it this way so it lasts, and I need you to understand that for me." "I understand." "Do you?" Hunter asked him closely. "Then why do I still hear rejection in your voice?" "Because I'm impulsive, and immature, and…in love with you. ↗

— Brandon Shire

#love