What's the first thing you do when you get a cold?
"Uh...chicken soup, aspirin, scotch..."
"You never just have the cold?
"I don't know what..."
"Taken nothing. Just have the cold."
"No."
"No. And that's us, right? We drown it, kill it, numb it...Here they feel everything straight from God. There's no drugs, no painkillers....we have no idea what courage is."
-- Nick and Sarah, Beyond Borders
I picked up a big bag of Jolly Ranchers and a box of losanges that promised to cut my cold in half. (I was too tired to even be annoyed that they claimed to be "clinically proven.")
I was applauding myself for toughing this out without trying to get antibiotics when I remembered the quote from Beyond Borders.
Suddenly I didn't feel so tough anymore.
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