Christopher Kijowski

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“But secretly I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revalation that human beings create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“Mortality teaches clinicians that there is more to doctoring than diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases, more even than saving lives. Mastery of physiological, pathological, and pharmacological knowledge and expertise is essential, but insufficient. Science only becomes medicine when it is applied with caring intention to promote the well-being of people — mortal people.”
― Karen Speerstra, The Divine Art of Dying: How to Live Well While Dying

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”
― John Burroughs