Noxious Stimulus Quotes & Sayings

Some one said the other day that there was a divorce and a case of appendicitis in every family one knows. — Edith Wharton

She truly became our 'fair lady.' The children of the world have lost a true friend, and an important and eloquent advocate. — James P. Grant

A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel, has also provided this form of meagre compensation. If we couldn't have sex from time to time, what would life be? A futile struggle against joints that stiffen, caries that form. All of which, moreover, is as uninteresting as humanly possible - the collagen which makes muscles stiffen, the appearance of microbic cavities in the gums. — Michel Houellebecq

The scariest, ugliest stories about in-home nursing usually are the result of nurses demonstrating a lack of professionalism, bad morals or a disregard for the child for whom they are providing care. — Charisse Montgomery

Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology. — Yuval Noah Harari

Books are medicine for the soul. They heal the eternal parts of a person. — Loretta Lost

A poem is a spider web
Spun with words of wonder,
Woven lace held in place
By whispers made of thunder. — Charles Ghigna