| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 7004 |
| AUTHOR: | Walker Percy |
| QUOTATION: | [Tuberculosis was] the best disease I ever had. If I hadn’t had it, I might be a second-rate shrink practicing in Birmingham, at best. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On convalescence that permitted him to read voraciously and turned his interest from psychiatry to writing, quoted by Malcolm Jones “Moralist of the South” NY Times 22 Mar 87 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Literature: Writers & Editors |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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