"Much has been said about the meanings we make of illness, but what about the meanings we make out of cure? Cure is complex, disorienting, a revisioning of the self, either subtle or stark. Cure is the new, strange planet, pressing in. The doctor could not have known. And that made me, as it does every patient, only more alone."

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Source : Lauren Slater (2011). “Prozac Diary”, p.13, Random House

Lauren Slater

#Doctors Quotes #Self Quotes #Doe Quotes

“We don't have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that's what I want in life.”

Source : Marina Keegan (2014). “The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“Survival was not enough. One had to live.”
“ANOINT, v.t.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood, So pigs to lead the populace are greased good.”
“The successful businessman must be able to foresee possibilities, to estimate with sagacity the outcome in the future.”

Source : Frank William Taussig (2013). “Principles of Economics”, p.170, Cosimo, Inc.
“The physical element of a role is something I'm super familiar with, and I love it. I've definitely made the transition into acting over doubling, just because I needed to make it clear to myself, so that I fully committed.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it. But my opportunities have been bigger and better.”
“American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World.”
“I'm a sucker for a guy with a big organ.”

Source : Marc Acito (2009). “How I Paid for College: A Tale of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater (reissued)”, p.202, Bloomsbury Publishing

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