16 Quotes by Lydia Kang

Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic.

If you’re going to cry, go to church and pray for the living. The dead don’t need your tears.

Unfortunately, the theory that ‘more is better’ is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic.

Today, we now know that overconsumption of gin – or really any alcohol – can also lead to “gin blossoms.” Yes, sometimes that means a late-night dose of sentimentality and “Hey Jealousy” on repeat as you wax nostalgic about the Clinton years, but also, more harmfully, gin blossoms on your face. These gin blossoms are the red lines and dots on the faces of heavy drinkers, which are dilated capillaries caused by drinking too much alcohol.

But behind every misguided treatment – from Ottomans eating clay to keep the plague away to Victorian gents sitting in a mercury steam room for their syphilis to epilepsy sufferers sipping gladiator blood in ancient Rome – is the incredible power of the human desire to live.

Then there were antimony pills. Unlike our one-use pharmaceuticals today, these metal pills were heavy, and after passing through the bowels they were often relatively unchanged. They were dutifully retrieved from latrines, washed, and reused over and over again. Talk about recycling. The “everlasting pills” or “perpetual pills” were often lovingly handed down from generation to generation as an heirloom.

It’s a dreadful vexation to be a shadow when you’re supposed to be the sun.

Trust is essential when you’re planning to lie to everyone you know.

Allene never knew that murder could make Monday mornings so wonderful. It.