Physical Impairment Quotes

#1. The stereotype of the supercrip, in the eyes of its critics, represents a sort of overachieving, overdetermined self-enfreakment that distracts from the lived daily reality of most disabled people.

Jose Alaniz

#2. Have never subscribed to the notion of "writing what you know," at least not for myself. I don't know enough interesting things.

Ann Patchett

#3. [In "The Night Gwen Stacy Died"], death took on an existential quality -- the beloved, innocent but weak Gwen is merely a victim, the casualty of a war between superpowered rivals -- and as such the episode proved a turning point int eh genre's depiction of mortality.

Jose Alaniz

#4. The best brothels in Bangkok seem to have a weakness for Greek names,' [Liz] commented acidly and got out. Harry looked up at a large neon sign proclaiming that the motel was called Olympussy.

Jo Nesbo

#5. Sympathy once more reveals its limits when faced with madness.

Jose Alaniz

#6. Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.

Glenn Hughes

#7. Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.

Dave Barry

#8. It's nice when people are happy to hear that you're still alive, rather than feeling like "Oh, finally he's dead?"

Dave Grohl

#9. Your intuition will tell you where you need to go; it will connect you with people you should meet; it will guide you toward work that is meaningful for you - work that brings you joy, work that feels right for you.

Shakti Gawain

#10. The patient accretion of knowledge, the focusing of all one's energies on some problem in history or science, the dogged pursuit of excellence of whatever kind
these are right and proper ideals for life.

Michael Dirda

#11. I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

Steve Grand

#12. The multiverse model offers an elegantly postmodern solution to character stasis in a market-driven serial publishing system which privileges constancy over major change.

Jose Alaniz

#13. Your imagination is the movie trailer for your future, so nurture it always. Logic will get you to the next level, but only imagination will take you to the level you really want to find.

Randy Gage

#14. You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?"
"I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.

Charles Portis

#15. Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

William J. Brennan Jr.

#16. I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.

Katherine Mansfield