Khareen

“But it's love that does us in.”
― Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House: Poems

“We only pass everything by
like a transposition of air.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies

“Given this conjunction of circumstances, it is little wonder that the story of the last centuries of Roman power is a long tale of pestilence.”
― Frederick F. Cartwright, Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19

“​In the early days of Greek legend the god Apollo killed a venomous snake, a symbol of disease. By this act he became regarded not only as the god of health but also as the bringer of pestilence which he visited on mortals by his arrows. He must therefore be both worshipped and placated.”
― Frederick F. Cartwright, Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19