“I had whooping cough when I was very young, which left me with bronchial problems, and I would always pick up colds. I was very thin and nervous so my father and mother took me out of school and had me tutored at home.” ProblemHomeSchoolYoungMotherFatherLeftHealthPicksNervousWhooping Cough Author:Andrew Wyeth
“Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home.” IfsHumansHomeCertainHuman NatureStrikesNervousConfusedNervous SystemFactualNervousnessNarrationMinutiae Author:Glenway Wescott
“Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'” IfsHomeQuietLettersSuicideDeterminedCommitNervousWhy NotComing HomeDepressingNeverthelessTrifles Author:Annie Smith Peck
“The mission of DNA is to evolve nervous systems able to escape from the doomed planet and contact manifestations of the same amino-acid seeding that have evolved in other solar systems. The mission is the message--to escape and come home.” HomeAblePlanetsMessagesMissionsContactNervousEvolveManifestationComing HomeDoomedDnaAcidNervous SystemSolar SystemAmino Acids Book:Musings on Human Metamorphoses Source: Musings on Human Metamorphoses
“I come out before an audience and maybe my house burned down an hour ago, maybe my husband stayed out all night, but I stand there. ... I got them with me, right there in my hand and comfortable. That's my job, to make them comfortable, because if they wanted to be nervous they could have stayed home and added up their bills.” IfsHomeHandsWantedJobsNightHouseHoursAudienceHusbandComfortableBillsNervousMy HusbandBurnedAll Night Author:Fanny Brice
“To be polite to everybody except the people they love most is a nervous affectation that afflicts many families ... when they come home, they take off their smiles and soft words, and sit about, spiritually in their underwear. This isn't pretty.” PeopleHomeFamilyNervousMannersComing HomePoliteUnderwearFamily Man Author:Margaret Fishback