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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“In illness words seem to possess a mystic quality.”

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This book compiles a selection of essays that delve into diverse subjects, offering insights and perspectives on a range of topics. more

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Virginia Woolf

British modernist writer, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound portrayal of female experience. Her works include 'To the Lighthouse' and 'Mrs. Dalloway'. more

“True love, it's like an illness. I never understood it before. In books and plays. Poems. I never understood what drove otherwise intelligent, right-thinking people to do such extravagant, irrational things. Now I do. It's an illness. You can catch it when you least expect. There's no known cure. And sometimes, in its most extreme, it's fatal.”

People Thinking Book Sometimes Play Known Understood Intelligent Illness Extremes Cures Irrational Extravagant

Book:The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden

Source: The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden

“Death is in truth an illness from which we recover”

Illness

Book:In Search of Lost Time: Sodom and Gomorrah

Source: In Search of Lost Time: Sodom and Gomorrah

“Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place to snag whatever was in the air in the way of illness. Also depression, which, Miss Beryl believed, in conjunction with guilt, opened the door to illness. Miss Beryl didn't know any teachers who weren't habitually guilty and depressed-guilty they hadn't accomplished more with their students, depressed that very little more was possible.”

Knows Way Years Littles Teacher Doors Air Teaching Missing Students Guilt Illness Despite Guilty Excellent Accomplished Grades Retirement Classroom Advancing Conjunctions Eighth Grade

Book:Nobody's Fool

Source: Nobody's Fool

“Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.”

Persons Important Illness Mental Illness Treatment Better Off Diagnosis

Author:Rosalynn Carter

“A fatal recovery from a promising illness”

Illness Recovery

Author:Thomas Boston

“If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted accounting principles. But actually they encourage government spending, reckless government spending, because the government can issue Treasury bills at extremely low interest rates.”

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