Chronic Illness Stigma Quotes & Sayings

It was so much fun working with these young kid actors. We had a great time and those kids are truly amazing. — Torii Hunter

Once initiated there were but few public men who would have the courage to oppose it. Experience proves that the man who obstructs a war in which his nation is engaged, no matter whether right or wrong, occupies no enviable place in life or history. Better for him, individually, to advocate "war, pestilence, and famine," than to act as obstructionist to a war already begun. — Ulysses S. Grant

From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power. — John Mott

Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun,
for knowledge is revealed and is submerged again, even as a nation rises and falls.
Here is a system, tested throughout the ages, but lost again and again by ignorance or prejudice,
in the same way that great nations have risen and fallen
and been lost to history beneath the desert sands and in the ocean depths. — Paracelsus

I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world. — Sloane Crosley

I know a little bit about handicapping. If the horse has an IV, you want to stay - away from it. — Paula Poundstone

I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more. — David Hockney

I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do. — Joe Morton

Mental illness

People assume you aren't sick
unless they see the sickness on your skin
like scars forming a map of all the ways you're hurting.

My heart is a prison of Have you tried?s
Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better?
Have you tried not being sad, not being sick?
Have you tried being more like me?
Have you tried shutting up?

Yes, I have tried. Yes, I am still trying,
and yes, I am still sick.

Sometimes monsters are invisible, and
sometimes demons attack you from the inside.
Just because you cannot see the claws and the teeth
does not mean they aren't ripping through me.
Pain does not need to be seen to be felt.

Telling me there is no problem
won't solve the problem.

This is not how miracles are born.
This is not how sickness works. — Emm Roy

Sometimes you might feel blogs are like TV: You have a thousand channels, but nothing good is on. — Matt Mullenweg

Meekness does not mean indolence. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. — Patti Smith

I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don't have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing. — Sonya Huber