You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.
“The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets.”
“It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.”