I've been pondering and savoring this:
Dr. Seuss responding to Gregor Samsa (from "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka) after Samsa solicits medical advice from the Doctor:
"Samsa, I need you to marshall your will.
There isn't a purgative, poultice or pill
or anything else on the pharmacy shelf
that will make you so healthy as much as yourself.
You think your new body has made you a bother.
You hold yourself guilty while blameless your father.
Gregor, we'd all die if physical beauty
was needed for others to render their duty."
by David Rakoff
from This American Life episode #470
replayed Aug. 4, 2013
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