#illness

In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable. ↗

— Kevin Alan Lee

#government #health-care #health-care-system #humanism #medical

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#mental-illness #poor #poverty #rich #society

To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#society #world #society

Hi, Princess. Sorry I'm late. Traffic was a bitch." He winked at me, then shot a glance at the winter sidhe, standing in the doorway. "Hey, Shard." He waved. "Nice place you've got here. I'll have to remember it, so I can give it the special 'Puck touch'." -PUCK ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#illness

Say the word. Say the word and I won't go. Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I'll spend the night with you. Better yet, why don't you just kiss me- ↗

— J.R. Ward

#qhuinn #illness

The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#ignorance #illness #oppression #poverty #war

I know how devastated you must be to miss me, but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony ↗

— Richelle Mead

#illness

I don't go out with strangers," I said. "Good thing I do. I'll pick you up at five. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#illness

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #illness

I'll always choose you." Yes that was the word. "Every single lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have always chosen me. Forever. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#illness