“I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease. . .. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.” KnowsAmericaMillionsJourneyDiseaseDawnSunsetLeading MeAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Ronald Reagan
“Since the journey is a metaphor - the most ambiguous and seductive of metaphors, we tell ourselves - it can also be born of immobility. There is no need to drag our bodies around so much, all dressed up. It's hot, there are flies, diseases. It is enough to close our eyes, seated on a chair in the shade, to float on the waves of imagination. Isn't that what books are there for?” NeedsBookEnoughBodyEyeBornImaginationJourneyDiseaseHotMetaphorWaveChairsShadeDragFloatsSeductiveAmbiguousDressed Up Book:The Silent Duchess Source: The Silent Duchess
“Medicine is not about conquering diseases and death, but about the alleviation of suffering, minimising harm, smoothing the painful journey of man to the grave.” MenSufferingJourneyDiseaseMedicinePainfulHarmGravesConquerDisease And Death Author:Petr Skrabanek
“I had a classic case of what people call "seeker's disease." That was part of my journey, but now, meaning is like a secret that's revealing itself moment by moment, day by day.” PeopleMomentsSecretCasesJourneyDiseaseClassicRevealingSeekersMy Journey Author:Roger Housden
“Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.” IfsDoeFactsFallIndividualBoysJourneyGayDiseaseFalling In LoveLgbtHomosexualityHomosexualOrientationGay RightsBeing GayGay PrideLgbt Pride Author:James A. Baldwin
“It's not enough to look for the truth, however a noble journey that might be. [...] You must be able to say "yes" to what you see. [...] He is the yeasayer who could look upon evil, disease and suffering, all the worst incarnations of the Eternal No, and not fall insane. He is the great-souled one who can affirm the truth of the Universe.” LooksEnoughMightAbleSufferingFallUniverseEvilJourneyWorstDiseaseEternalNobleInsaneBe YouIncarnation Author:David Zindell
“A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running on inside of us long after we have come to a physical standstill. Indeed, there exists something like a contagion of travel, and the disease is essentially incurable.” LongEndsRunningFilmMemoriesStepsDoorsJourneyDiseaseInstantContagionStandstill Author:Ryszard Kapuscinski