Home / Books / The Convalescent

The Convalescent

Book by Jessica Anthony · 1 quotes · Alone, Backwardness, Getting Found

Browse quotes from The Convalescent.

Book detail: The Convalescent is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.

Browse quotes from The Convalescent.

The quotes below use the same card format as the rest of the site, including topics, source notes, copy actions, image creation, and sharing controls.

Filter quotes by topic

All Alone Backwardness Getting Found People Sad Humor

The Convalescent Quotes

“I once read that most people are afraid to live alone because to live alone means to die alone. They have visions of themselves eating their breakfast, enjoying the dripping sluice of a ripe plum, and then suddenly the lights go out and they fall face-first into their pancakes. People, it seems, are less afraid of loneliness than worrying about what other people will think when they’re found in some unappealing, disintegrating state, tongue out, one leg curled underneath the other, internal fluids in a puddle on the floor, etcetera. Most people are afraid that if left alone, they will not be found. Being found is apparently of the utmost importance to people.”

People Alone Getting Found

Book:The Convalescent

Source: The Convalescent