“Be ready. Be seated. See what courage sounds like. See how brave it is to reveal yourself in this way. But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“I will share your joy and sorrow / Till we’ve seen this journey through.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
― Their Finest Hour
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
― Their Finest Hour
“Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection. My brief forays into the formal ethics of analytic philosophy felt dry as a bone, missing the messiness and weight of real human life.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
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