“I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.” I CanCertainHalfConditionsEarsConstantDamageNervesDeaf Author:James Nachtwey
“Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored places do not frighten them- or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call genius has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.” HumansPersonsCommunityDealsSecretAcceptingVisionConditionsWillingGeniusHigherDegreesRateAverageCreatorNervesDaringInnovatorsUnexplored Author:Nathaniel Branden
“Sex is the ... tremulous and bewildering and nerve-racking and delicious and myriad-adjectived soul-condition ... generally known as love. Ninety-nine point nine repeater percent of the world's literature has been devoted to its analysis. It's therefore of some importance.” WorldHas BeensSoulLiteratureSexKnownConditionsPercentImportanceNineAnalysisNervesDevotedDeliciousNinetyNinety Nine Author:William John Locke
“But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansKindShowsLiteratureSocialCommonConditionsAwarenessReaderCommitmentNervesManifestTouchingSlipsHuman Condition Author:Bel Kaufman
“Ghosts, we hope, may be always with us - that is, never too far out of the reach of fancy. On the whole, it would seem they adapt themselves well, perhaps better than we do, to changing world conditions - they enlarge their domain, shift their hold on our nerves, and, dispossessed of one habitat, set up house in another. The universal battiness of our century looks like providing them with a propitious climate.” WorldWellsLooksMayWholeSeemsHouseFantasyConditionsCenturyUniversalClimateGhostFancyNervesProvidingDomainHabitat Author:Elizabeth Bowen
“There are a lot of signs. One of the things that makes me most nervous is the disappearance of the frogs. They're going downhill all over the planet. Frogs are susceptible to all kinds of problems, because they require water to breed and their skin is very porous. Their condition is nerve racking.” KindProblemWaterConditionsPlanetsSkinsAll KindsNervousNervesFrogsSusceptibleDisappearance Author:Paul R. Ehrlich