Ian Thomas

“Death is the enemy. But the enemy has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don’t want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. You don’t want Custer. You want Robert E. Lee, someone who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender it when it can’t, someone who understands that the damage is greatest if all you do is battle to the bitter end.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“People die only once. They have no experience to draw on.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“Death is the enemy. But the enemy has superior forces. Eventually, it wins.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“you live longer only when you stop trying to live longer.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End