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“When there is no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon’s only tool.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I’m colliding with a wall that won’t give. There’s no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

“If the weight of mortality does not grow lighter, does it at least get more familiar?”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“This is not the end. Or even the beginning of the end. This is just the end of the beginning.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air