“There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the house, writes the author in all seriousness describing a memorial service for a medical school's cadavers.”
“I could have gone to medical school, I said. Except for all the math and stuff.”
“Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.”
“The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.”
“this was passed towriting and the content of a writing burned can no longer behanded back to memory, for writing abolishes memory and as whatwas written can no longer be passed down, it has no Author in the oldsense: no ability to act as proxy to, to verify on behalf of.”
“He wasn't a medical doctor, just educated all the way up as far as you can get.”