The worst thing about pills was that they worked. Without them, you might just adapt; medical optimism suspended you in a maintenance reality. He’d never known how sick he was until he’d gotten health insurance. The pill that really wanted inventing was the bitter one that cured you of optimism and made time go faster

The worst thing about pills was that they worked. Without them, you might just adapt; medical optimism suspended you in a maintenance reality. He'd never known how sick he was until he'd gotten health insurance. The pill that really wanted inventing was the bitter one that cured you of optimism and made time go faster

The worst thing about pills was that they worked. Without them, you might just adapt; medical optimism suspended you in a maintenance reality. He’d never known how sick he was until he’d gotten health insurance. The pill that really wanted inventing was the bitter one that cured you of optimism and made time go faster (Tony Tulathimutte, Private Citizens)