Lung Cancer Quotes

“You smoke?”
“Smoke? Do I look like a fucking idiot?”
― Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon

“Who needs toothpaste when you have cigarettes?”
― kevin mcpherson eckhoff

“Every time I write, say, or think "lung cancer," I pick up a Pall Mall to calm myself.”
― Donald Hall, Essays After Eighty

“Dying in one’s fourth decade is unusual now, but dying is not. “The thing about lung cancer is that it’s not exotic,” Paul wrote in an email to his best friend, Robin. “The reader can get into these shoes, walk a bit, and say, ‘So that’s what it looks like from here. Sooner or later, I’ll be back here in my own shoes.’ That’s what I’m aiming for, I think. Not the sensationalism of dying and not the exhortations to gather rosebuds but: Here’s what lies up ahead on the road.” Of course, he did more than just describe the terrain. He traversed it bravely.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Fix poverty and you prevent a lot of both lung cancer and obesity.”
― Chris van Tulleken, Ultra-Processed People / How to Lose Weight Well / How to Lose Weight Well: The Complete Diet Plans