J

https://www.goodreads.com/jessmarie910

J’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (862)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (863)
did-not-finish‎ (32)
nonfiction‎ (489)
fiction‎ (378)
audiobooks‎ (371)
history‎ (168)
memoirs‎ (147)
contemporary‎ (133)
bestsellers‎ (126)
authors-of-color‎ (115)

international‎ (86)
thriller-horror‎ (80)
young-adult‎ (80)
literary-fiction‎ (78)
classics‎ (76)
celebrity‎ (65)
politics‎ (61)
crime‎ (57)
psychology‎ (57)
favorites‎ (54)
lgbtq‎ (54)
fantasy‎ (48)

medical‎ (45)
historical-fiction‎ (42)
award-books‎ (41)
self-help‎ (41)
humor‎ (40)
picture-books-juvenile‎ (40)
book-club‎ (39)
feminism‎ (37)
philosophy-religion‎ (34)
romance‎ (31)
outdoors‎ (30)
arc‎ (26)

science‎ (24)
graphic-novels‎ (19)
death‎ (18)
lj-reviews‎ (15)
film‎ (14)
poetry‎ (14)
mystery‎ (11)
addiction‎ (10)
plays‎ (10)
science-fiction‎ (8)
sports‎ (3)

Stats | More…

“And so it is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman in possession of vague symptoms like fatigue and pain will be in search of a doctor who believes she is actually sick.”
― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

tags: autoimmune-disease, chronic-illness, chronic-illness-stigma, doctors-and-patients

16 likes

“But for years, my best coping strategy has been work. I have assumed so many responsibilities and said yes to so many things. Working hard creates my own gravity. The more I work, the more I am on terra firma.”
― David Chang, Eat a Peach

tags: coping, coping-mechanism, say-yes, workaholic

4 likes

“This seems like one of the hardest things about being sick in the way you’re sick: being sick makes you stressed. But being stressed makes you sicker.”
― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

10 likes

“This is how we go forward, step by step, infusing darkness with light.”
― Barbara Becker, Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind

2 likes

“The tendency in many parts of medicine is, if we can’t measure it, it doesn’t exist, or the patient is cuckoo.”
― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

6 likes

More of J’s quotes…