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“Stigma is a way of saying, “You deserved to have this happen,” but implied within the stigma is also, “And I don’t deserve it, so I don’t need to worry about it happening to me.” This can become a kind of double burden for the sick: In addition to living with the physical and psychological challenges of illness, there is the additional challenge of having one’s humanity discounted.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“I almost forgot how devastating grief is. How it leaves you husked and raw, but never numb. The pain is like a gaping wound—one no dressing can cover, no shield can truly protect. The agony of it might lessen, but it never truly leaves.”
― Sable Sorensen, Dire Bound

“most human experiences are processes, not events.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“Each of us is many persons. To me I’m who I think I am, But others see me differently And are equally mistaken. “Don’t dream me into someone else But leave me alone, in peace! If I don’t want to find myself Should I want others to find me?” Fernando Pessoa SONGBOOK (1930)”
― Anita Desai, Rosarita