Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed. Gillian Flynn
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No woman should be put down because she is sick. We are not those old crones that sit and watch their children and grandchildren. Rather, we are full of life and should be looked upon as such. Yes, we may not be able to make it out to the ball field but we should never be treated as if we can’t run a mile. We should be treated as the strong women we are and not as the weak women that the world has made us out to be.

Source: Sharp Objects

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