132 Quotes About Ill

I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could no longer answer his own door, dry himself after a shower, or even roll over in bed. How could he be so accepting? I watched him struggle with a fork, picking at a piece of tomato, missing it the first two times - a pathetic scene, and yet I could not deny that sitting in his presence was almost magically serene, the same calm breeze that soothed me back in college.

His eyes were more sunken than I remembered them, and his cheekbones more pronounced. This gave him a harsher, older look - until he smiled, of course, and the sagging cheeks gathered up like curtains.

The corporate government disability system is blatantly corrupted and you may be in serious trouble if you ever need to use it.

Morrie closed his eyes. "I know, Mitch. You mustn't be afraid of my dying. I've had a good life, and we all know it's going to happen. I maybe have four or five months.

I have yet to see the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) publish a long term study of all summit workers at the very high altitude observatory that shows what illnesses and occupational diseases they have developed, and what they have died from since 1967 when it first opened.

Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times.

But I can sit here with my dwindling days and look at what I think is important in life. I have both the time - and the reason - to do that.

Dreams are like living things; they can grow, they can suffer disabilities, they can have deficiency diseases and they can also die off when they meet unfavourable and favourable conditions respectively.

During COVID-19, you should keep a list of your medications and supplements with the dosages and times taken next to your bed in case you fall ill.