Ka Carlson

“Why would a football fan let a few flubbed minutes at the end of the game ruin three hours of bliss? Because a football game is a story. And in stories, endings matter.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“That life—whatever else it is—is short.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“When we think we are using language, language is using us.”
― Deborah Tannen, The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words

“Technological society has forgotten what scholars call the “dying role” and its importance to people as life approaches its end. People want to share memories, pass on wisdoms and keepsakes, settle relationships, establish their legacies, make peace with God, and ensure that those who are left behind will be okay.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End