

“Doctors, it turns out, need hope, too.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air

“The physician’s duty is not to stave off death or return patients to their old lives, but to take into our arms a patient and family whose lives have disintegrated and work until they can stand back up and face, and make sense of, their own existence.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air

“We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.”
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
― A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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