“What's the meaning of life?""I have been programmed by Hexus to reply 'meatballs,'" it says.”
―
Lydia Kang,
Control
“Trust no one, I scold myself. Even if they smell good.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“To be surrounded by books, by thoughts, by places and people and things that she had not yet met—it was a haven unlike any other.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made.And there was this kiss.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dosage makes a thing not poison.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Stories are how the world evolves.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“So long as I can learn about this precious, extraordinary, and occasionally heartless world, I can be content.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“But behind every misguided treatment—from Ottomans eating clay to keep the plague away to Victorian gents sitting in a mercury steam room for their syphilis to epilepsy sufferers sipping gladiator blood in ancient Rome—is the incredible power of the human desire to live.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Trust is essential when you're planning to lie to everyone you know.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“It’s a dreadful vexation to be a shadow when you’re supposed to be the sun.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“There were only so many pieces of your heart that could be damaged before it irrevocably changed you.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“Then there were antimony pills. Unlike our one-use pharmaceuticals today, these metal pills were heavy, and after passing through the bowels they were often relatively unchanged. They were dutifully retrieved from latrines, washed, and reused over and over again. Talk about recycling. The “everlasting pills” or “perpetual pills” were often lovingly handed down from generation to generation as an heirloom.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“If there was one thing that made humans uncomfortable, it was silence. They didn’t know what to do with it, except to fill it with words that gave away their inner thoughts—an arsenal of useful information.” ― Lydia Kang, The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding
“For once, I'll be proud to be in the shadows.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“Though the element is no longer used in mainstream medicine, mercury has managed to slither its way into many a doctor’s office. It is perhaps oddly appropriate that the symbol for the god Mercury was the caduceus—two snakes entwined on a winged rod. The symbol is commonly and incorrectly associated with the medical establishment, due to a mistake when the US Army Medical Corps adopted the symbol in 1902. Soon after, it became a ubiquitous sign of healing. But in fact, the caduceus represents Mercury—the god of financial gain, commerce, thieves, and trickery.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Funerals should be between a single person (dead) and a single person (alive) and ought to involve a discussion that no one else should hear. Should” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“Welcome to Aureus, land of illegal freaks. Have some torture and tea while you're here.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“Today, we now know that overconsumption of gin—or really any alcohol—can also lead to “gin blossoms.” Yes, sometimes that means a late-night dose of sentimentality and “Hey Jealousy” on repeat as you wax nostalgic about the Clinton years, but also, more harmfully, gin blossoms on your face. These gin blossoms are the red lines and dots on the faces of heavy drinkers, which are dilated capillaries caused by drinking too much alcohol.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Trust no one, I scold myself. Even if they smell good.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“To be surrounded by books, by thoughts, by places and people and things that she had not yet met—it was a haven unlike any other.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made.And there was this kiss.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dosage makes a thing not poison.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Stories are how the world evolves.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“So long as I can learn about this precious, extraordinary, and occasionally heartless world, I can be content.” ― Lydia Kang, Opium and Absinthe
“But behind every misguided treatment—from Ottomans eating clay to keep the plague away to Victorian gents sitting in a mercury steam room for their syphilis to epilepsy sufferers sipping gladiator blood in ancient Rome—is the incredible power of the human desire to live.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Trust is essential when you're planning to lie to everyone you know.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“It’s a dreadful vexation to be a shadow when you’re supposed to be the sun.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“There were only so many pieces of your heart that could be damaged before it irrevocably changed you.” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“Then there were antimony pills. Unlike our one-use pharmaceuticals today, these metal pills were heavy, and after passing through the bowels they were often relatively unchanged. They were dutifully retrieved from latrines, washed, and reused over and over again. Talk about recycling. The “everlasting pills” or “perpetual pills” were often lovingly handed down from generation to generation as an heirloom.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“If there was one thing that made humans uncomfortable, it was silence. They didn’t know what to do with it, except to fill it with words that gave away their inner thoughts—an arsenal of useful information.” ― Lydia Kang, The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding
“For once, I'll be proud to be in the shadows.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“Though the element is no longer used in mainstream medicine, mercury has managed to slither its way into many a doctor’s office. It is perhaps oddly appropriate that the symbol for the god Mercury was the caduceus—two snakes entwined on a winged rod. The symbol is commonly and incorrectly associated with the medical establishment, due to a mistake when the US Army Medical Corps adopted the symbol in 1902. Soon after, it became a ubiquitous sign of healing. But in fact, the caduceus represents Mercury—the god of financial gain, commerce, thieves, and trickery.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
“Funerals should be between a single person (dead) and a single person (alive) and ought to involve a discussion that no one else should hear. Should” ― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison
“Welcome to Aureus, land of illegal freaks. Have some torture and tea while you're here.” ― Lydia Kang, Control
“Today, we now know that overconsumption of gin—or really any alcohol—can also lead to “gin blossoms.” Yes, sometimes that means a late-night dose of sentimentality and “Hey Jealousy” on repeat as you wax nostalgic about the Clinton years, but also, more harmfully, gin blossoms on your face. These gin blossoms are the red lines and dots on the faces of heavy drinkers, which are dilated capillaries caused by drinking too much alcohol.” ― Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
