“Part of love is preparing for death... Afterwards comes the madness. And then the loneliness... [People say] you'll come out of it... And you do come out of it, that's true. But you don't come out of it like a train coming out of a tunnel, bursting through the Downs into sunshine and that swift, rattling descent to the Channel; you come out of it as a gull comes out of an oil slick; you are tarred and feathered for life.”
― Levels of Life
― Levels of Life
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.”
― Shield of Thunder
― Shield of Thunder
“We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine. We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being.”
― Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
― Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
“如果專業人士讓當下的政治氣氛影響應謹守的倫理原則,那麼,他們便會說出過去自己不可置信之妄語,犯下自己無法想像之惡行。”
― 暴政:掌控關鍵年代的獨裁風潮,洞悉時代之惡的20堂課
― 暴政:掌控關鍵年代的獨裁風潮,洞悉時代之惡的20堂課
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