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Illness Quotes

Facing sickness with clear eyes.

These illness quotes note that a diagnosis like AIDS is now manageable as a Chronic condition rather than a death sentence, alongside a quieter line about using words to master an illness rather than be ruled by it.

By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

Quotes by Abbe Pierre

AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.

Quotes by Yusuf Hamied

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.

Quotes by Tony Judt

Always Quotes

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.

Quotes by Tammy Baldwin

I never imagined while going through this horrifying illness that I would write a book or that it could ever be a movie.

Quotes by Susannah Cahalan

It is impossible to insure that there is a zero percent chance of any kind of foodborne illness anytime anyone eats anywhere.

Quotes by Steve Ells

Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural phenomenon.

Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

Sometimes I say the medication is even tougher than the illness.

Quotes by Sanya Richards-Ross

Chronic Quotes

People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion.

Quotes by Richard Avedon

I had every stress-related illness you can get.

Quotes by Richard Ben Cramer

While deficits are often inflationary and always pernicious, curing them by raising taxes is equivalent to curing an illness by shooting the patient.

Quotes by Murray Rothbard

Nobody celebrates when they avoid an illness they never expected to get.

Quotes by Michael Specter

We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number of deaths, but nowhere near as high as it could have been.

Quotes by Michael C. Burgess

Cure Quotes

It always sucks to have to cancel a show because of illness, but unfortunately it sometimes happens.

Quotes by Michael Anthony

Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

Quotes by Matt Haig

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

Quotes by Mary Garden

People get really irritated by mental illness.

Quotes by Maria Bamford

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.

Quotes by Margaret Atwood

Death Quotes

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

Quotes by Margaret Chan

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspective do these illness quotes offer?
They largely reframe illness as manageable rather than final, noting that a diagnosis like AIDS is no longer automatically fatal and can now be managed as a Chronic condition.
Is there a quote about writing through illness?
Yes, one describes using words to make illness a subject to master, rather than something purely emotional to be overwhelmed by.
Do any quotes take a more satirical view of illness?
Yes, one wryly compares psychoanalysis to a mental illness that considers itself its own therapy, a pointed bit of irony.
Is there a quote linking illness to economic policy?
Yes, one compares raising taxes to fix deficits with treating a sickness through a fatally drastic remedy, a sharp metaphor about overcorrection.
What's a good related page to these illness quotes?
Since several entries touch on treatment and recovery, our Cure quotes page fits well alongside this collection.

A sharper voice compares psychoanalysis itself to an illness pretending to be its own therapy, while another warns that a clumsy Cure can hurt more than the sickness.