Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.


Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988)

Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to...

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to...

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to...

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to...