Ava

“None of us are entirely well, and none of us are irrecoverably sick.”
― Mark Vonnegut

“Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are all things that in and of themselves do not make a life. If you lean on them too hard, you'll find that there's not much there. But if you add up a lot of things that aren't in and of themselves enough, it almost starts to add up to something....”
― Mark Vonnegut

“If you take good care of any disease by eating well, sleeping well, being aware of your health, consciously wanting to be well, not smoking, et cetera, you are doing all the things you should be doing anyway, but somehow having a disease makes them easier to do. A human without a disease is like a ship without a rudder.”
― Mark Vonnegut

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
― William Arthur Ward