#surgery

Then the long nights, that were also days, in the hospital. And the long blanks, that were also nights. Needles, and angled glass rods to suck water through. Needles, and curious enamel wedges slid under your middle. Needles, and - needles and needles and needles. Like swarms of persistent mosquitoes with unbreakable drills. The way a pincushion feels, if it could feel. Or the target of a porcupine. Or a case of not just momentary but permanently endured static electricity after you scuff across a woolen rug and then put your finger on a light switch. Even food was a needle - a jab into a vein... ("For The Rest Of Her Life") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#needles #recovery #surgery #food

I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#i #like #surgery #you

If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#before #brain #brain surgery #day #director

I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again! ↗

— Patsy Cline

#beautiful #cleaned #face #fancy #having

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#federal #federal government #government #just #modification

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#bulimia #combination #exercise #feminine #ideal

I spent some time at White Memorial Medical Center as a senior medical student doing a rotation in surgery; however, I felt I wasn't getting enough time assisting. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#center #doing #enough #felt #getting

Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#against #am #frightening #grave #i

On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#carpet #close #got #great #i

Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.' ↗

— Nadia Giosia

#italian #like #old #rocket #saying