Culture and Society
This strange country of cancer, it turns out, is the true democracy — one more real than the nation that lies outside these walls and more authentic than the lofty statements of politicians; a democracy more incontrovertible than platitudes or aspiration.
The cancer he wanted to cut out of my back somehow disappeared in the month since the b…
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
If you are going to deal with the issue of health in the modern world, you are going to have to deal with much absurdity.
Andrew Coates On Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System
It’s appalling that one person’s illness would be an opportunity for another to make money. The care of human beings should not be a commodity.
In those cold rooms with the blue plastic chairs, sometimes the human condition is an old Tex…
Then ahead I saw a small, dark shape perched on the sand, well back from the water. As I drew closer, the shape revealed itself to be a bird, sitting back on its tail feathers. It was vaguely penguin-like, about eighteen inches tall, with black back and head, white breast and cheeks.
Eleven years ago I woke up to find the room spinning. In the soft blue-gray light of morning, the walls folded and slid and picked up speed. I pressed my body hard against the mattress, frantically searching for something to hold on to, but everything was moving with me.
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave — and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.
