Illness is a luxury you can't afford

“Before the earthquake, medicine was hard to find. When you went to the hospital, you had to bring your own. In this country, you don't go there until the pain becomes unbearable. Otherwise, you don't consider yourself sick. It's better not to be sick if you can't pay for the medicine. That way, you go from being in good health to being dead. Illness is a luxury you can't afford if you don't have the means. So you die without ever having been sick.”
― Dany Laferrière