Illness Quotes

“The thing about breast cancer is that it's a disease that doesn't just affect the person who has it; it affects the whole family.”

“I think the thing about depression is that it's a very selfish illness.”

“Cancer is a disease that is mysterious, headstrong and makes its own rules. And mine, to this point, is incurable.”

“Everything is a symptom.”

“There are many of us who have this illness and we should be reaching out to each other and helping each other.”

“Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.”

“I have just returned from the valley of the shadow of death, having been diagnosed as a diabetic. For a man who has lived his life in the fast lane, this is a bit of a bugger.”

“The problem with being a manic-depressive is that half of the time you don't know you're manic.”

“I was never anorexic. I had anorexia nervosa.”

“We can’t just 'pray away' depression any more than we can 'pray away' cancer or diabetes.”

“The chamber of the sick is the chapel of the temple of temperance.”

“It's a very lonely illness. You feel like you're the only one in the world who has it.”

“Alzheimer's is a disease that is a thief. It steals memories, it steals dignity, it steals the person you knew.”

“Even if you have a terminal diagnosis, you don't have to be a victim.”

“I don't want to be the brave one. I want to be the healthy one.”

“Most people who are HIV positive are not injecting drugs or having sex with lots of people. It's a cruel illness that came out of nowhere.”

“I'm living with cancer and it's not pretty. I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.”

“MS is not a death sentence. But the symptoms are devastating. You may not die from MS, but you die a little each day.”

“I have been so much better since my illness.”

“Cancer is a word, not a sentence.”