

“Doctors never believe how simple it is to give patients dignity. It takes a sentence. It takes a short walk around a table.”
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection

“Heaven is my father and earth is my mother, and I, a small child, find myself placed intimately between them. What fills the universe I regard as my body; what directs the universe I regard as my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters; all things are my companions.70”
― The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe
― The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

“So much of life, it seems to me, is the framing and naming of things.”
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you have made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you have made a discovery.
—Enrico Fermi”
― Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need
—Enrico Fermi”
― Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need

“Wouldn’t it be incredible if everyone could be purged, somehow, of the projected not-them badness that they internalized and perhaps have acted out because their souls have been so damaged?”
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
― In the Body of the World: A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
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