Guinea Worm Disease

Famous quotes containing the words guinea, worm and/or disease:

“We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)

“The worm artist
out of soil, by passage
of himself
constructing.
Castles of metaphor!”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party—any party at all—until it is all over and the lights are being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I’ll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)