Yvonne

“Severe illness wasn’t life-altering, it was life-shattering. It felt less like an epiphany—a piercing burst of light, illuminating What Really Matters—and more like someone had just firebombed the path forward.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“values of Christianity—sacrifice, redemption, forgiveness—because”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“I don’t believe in the wisdom of children, nor in the wisdom of the old. There is a moment, a cusp, when the sum of gathered experience is worn down by the details of living. We are never so wise as when we live in the moment.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Diseases are molecules misbehaving; the basic requirement of life is metabolism, and death its cessation.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air