Amara

“beneath the fragile and very human veneer of the organized churches of the world, there lies a truth so real and so pristine that all of man’s concocted philosophical posings tumble into ruin beside it.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“One has to decide whether one’s fears or one’s hopes are what should matter most.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide but existential authenticity each person must find on her own. Getting too deeply into statistics is like trying to quench a thirst with salty water. The angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air