Alyssandra

“We die so that the world may continue to live. We have been given the miracle of life because trillions upon trillions of living things have prepared the way for us and then have died—in a sense, for us. We die, in turn, so that others may live. The tragedy of a single individual becomes, in the balance of natural things, the triumph of ongoing life.”
― Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter

“Part of the cruelty of cancer, though, is not only that it limits your time; it also limits your energy, vastly reducing the amount you can squeeze into one day.”
― Paul Kalanithi

“The lesson is never learned—there will always be those who persist in seeking the Fountain of Youth, or at least delaying what is irrevocably ordained.”
― Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter

“I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them.”
― Louis C.K.