Amara

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“I couldn’t have found God in the seminary, he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.”
― Paulo Coelho

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott

“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