“One must speak about serious things seriously.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Letter to A.N. Pleshcheev (September 9, 1888)
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“Addicts, to this day, claim that they are they are the only people qualified to speak of the seriousness of withdrawal effects; as if only people with cerebral malaria or bowel cancer could speak of their seriousness.”
C-SPAN: Romancing Opiates https://www.c-span.org/video/?191384-1/romancing-opiates (May 30, 2006)
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