“Heart disease syphilis pregnancyAll you creeps on the street get away from me”

“You have more zeal than good taste, Martín. The disease afflicting you has a name, and that is Grand Guignol: it does to drama what syphilis does to your privates. Getting it might be pleasurable, but from then on it's all downhill.”

“Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis.”

“A not uncommon practice was to associate nationality with a particular disease, often sexually transmitted. For example, the English called syphilis "The French Disease"; the French called it "The Italian Disease"; the Italians called it "The Turkish Disease"; the Russians called it "The Polish Disease"; and both the Japanese and the Indians termed it "The Portuguese Disease." Only the Spanish accepted any blame, referring to it as "The Spanish Disease.”

“You act like getting pregnant is a disease you can catch from public toilets.”

“You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it’s almost impossible to comprehend.”