Sam

“Most of us cherish the notion of free choice, but our choices are constrained by the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age.”
― Michael G. Marmot, The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

“In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments—which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens. Measurements of people's minute-by-minute levels of pleasure and pain miss this fundamental aspect of human existence. A seemingly happy life maybe empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“A prime way of giving children a good start in life is to help their parents. There”
― Michael Marmot, The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity

“You cannot fell a hill
From force of will
Only time.
You cannot dissipate
Hate with righteous hate
Only love.
Only time, only love,
Only time and love.”
― Shellen Lubin