Bureaucrats are a pox.
Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit Ezra Pound
Pox
I thought, how would
I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it’s not a terrible thing. We have good insurance and easy access to health care. It’s a different situation for another family. I didn’t want to make the decision for them. Eula Biss
I am sorry the
I am sorry the infernal Divinities, who visit mankind with diseases, and are therefore at perpetual war with Doctors, should have prevented my seeing all you great Men at Soho to-day-Lord! what inventions, what wit, what rhetoric, metaphysical, mechanical and pyrotecnical, will be on the wing, bandy’d like a shuttlecock from one to another of … Read more
Love was a fever
Love was a fever that came along a few years after chicken-pox and measles and scarlet fever. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Just as the chicken
Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly in the host until something evokes it. Darrel Ray
On the day when
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox. Charles Baudelaire
Will: Have you ever
Will: Have you ever seen what happens to someone with demon pox? First it lies dormant. One begins to turn yellow and green. Then the swelling sets in – Jem: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEMON POX. Cassandra Clare
I was just thinking
I was just thinking of bundling up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks at Hyde Park, said Will, pushing his wet hair back and favoring Jem with a rare smile. I could use your assistance. Unfortunately, you may have to delay your plans for suicide a bit longer. Gabriel Lightwood is downstairs, and I … Read more
Gabriel’s green eyes sought
Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was demon pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?” “Well, you needn’t act as if I invented it,” said Will. Cassandra Clare
Demon pox, said Sophie.
Demon pox, said Sophie. Mr. Lightwood’s got it, has had for years, and it’ll kill him in a right couple of months if he doesn’t get the cure. And Mortmain said he can get it for him. The room exploded in a hubbub. Charlotte raced over to Sophie; Henry called after her; Will leaped from … Read more