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In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley1 to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth
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“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
“Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“What I felt for Agnes was right and true, yes, but it was not selfless. Perhaps love never is.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“Everywhere, in the wreckage around him, he found evidence to support the same bitter thesis: that he had encountered nothing in his life—no person, no state of mind or body—he wanted sufficiently to suffer even passing discomfort for.”
― The Hellbound Heart
― The Hellbound Heart
“You must be careful with that, Roos. It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
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