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“It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.”
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“Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.”
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“... laundry is akin to an eighth-grader's homework assignments: seldom, if ever, completely finished.”
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“... the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed.”
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“The newer education put stress on culture ... Saturday mornings, the young were brushed and washed, forced into blue cheviot suits, and dragged to children's concerts to learn appreciation. They wriggled, squirmed, counted the light bulbs in the ceiling, dived under seats to gather ticket stubs, stampeded out at intermissions. The weakness of their bladders was astounding.”
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“Our skin mediates the most important transactions of our lives. Skin is key to our biology, our sensory experiences, our information gathering, and our relationships with others. Although the many roles it plays are rarely appreciated, it is one of the most remarkable and highly versatile parts of the human body.”
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“... to reach the light we first have to travel into the heart of darkness.”
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“Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.”