Jonah

“I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I’d lose my mind.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

“I told my comrades (who lay motionless, although occasionally a sigh could be heard) that human life, under any circumstances, never ceases to have a meaning, and that this infinite meaning of life includes suffering and dying, privation and death. I asked the poor creatures who listened to me attentively in the darkness of the hut to face up to the seriousness of our position. They must not lose hope but should keep their courage in the certainty that the hopelessness of our struggle did not detract from its dignity and its meaning. I said that someone looks down on each of us in difficult hours–a friend, a wife, somebody alive or dead, or a God–and he would not expect us to disappoint him. He would hope to find us suffering proudly–not miserably–knowing how to die.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“But one thing I won’t have is regrets. My VIP patients often regret so many things on their deathbeds. They regret the bitterness they’ll leave in people’s hearts. They realize that no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“but look at it this way: If you’ve got the ugliest house on the street, you never have to look at it.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius