
Punishment is a vital need of the human soul. —
Simone Weil

And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death. —
Amanda Coplin

When I was a kid my mom used to tell me that if i have sex before i was married, my ... junk would turn black and fall off. —
Cynthia Hand

Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you. —
Lewis Carroll

The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness. —
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Decadence is wonderful. —
Jack L. Chalker

His feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin. —
Sarah Waters

I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips. —
William Shakespeare

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person. —
Estelle

Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it. —
Siri Hustvedt

...in addition to feeling sick and tired and feverish and nauseated, I also felt forgotten. And there was no easy cure for that. —
Sarah Thebarge

I explored because I was feeling really crappy, and I wanted to know why —
Steven Magee

Do you honestly think that if Senator Santorum becomes president, we're going to get rid of contraceptives? —
Foster Friess

My exploration of the biology of beliefs has taught me universal tolerance. —
Abhijit Naskar

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing. —
Lindsay Davenport

Just bring love. Everybody keeps bringing violence, let's bring love. —
RZA

May he at the last bind us to his triumphal carriage so that, although in bonds oppressed, we may participate in his victory! —
Eric Metaxas

I had no other interests but baseball because I never thought I'd not make it. No. Never. —
Justin Verlander