Phantom Limb Pain

Famous quotes containing the words phantom, limb and/or pain:

    “The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.”
    —Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876)

    “We need not fear excessive influence. A more generous trust is permitted. Serve the great. Stick at no humiliation. Grudge no office thou canst render. Be the limb of their body, the breath of their mouth. Compromise thy egotism.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Each body has its art, its precious prescribed
    Pose, that even in passion’s droll contortions, waltzes,
    Or push of pain or when a grief has stabbed,
    Or hatred hacked is its, and nothing else’s.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)