Gretchen

“People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.”
― Terry Pratchet

“Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“My message to you is this: Pretend that you have free will. It’s essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don’t. The reality isn’t important; what’s important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.

(story: What's Expected of Us)”
― Ted Chiang, What's Expected of Us

“Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End