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The epilogue written by his wife is going to kill me

Not the message to his daughter oh my god💔

The beautify of human relationships being integral for the growth of human knowledge

Cancer really is all consuming, in body, mind, and spirit

How do you live in the face of death when death is acutely inevitable?

“… I become an invalid”
The stark lack of sense of person in the face of disease is so startling

“What kind of life exists without language?”
The true intersect of medicine and English

So many parts of this book are just leaving me speechless

“What makes life meaningful enough to go on living?”
I mean damn. The intersection of medicine and philosophy in this book is truly breathtaking

The way kalanithi articulates his thoughts is so beautiful

What makes life meaningful even in the face of death and decay?

“…the brain, then, was the machinery that somehow enabled it {human meaning}”
This idea of the brain and mind being separate entities is so intriguing

I so wish I could add pictures to my updates bc I have read the foreword and the table of the contents (saw that his wife wrote the epilogue for this) and have tears in my eyes

Second day of the year and already on book 2? Might have to up my 2026 challenge

Is she going to kill Clayton

Yes ethan go get your girl

So obv annielee is rose but why🤨

Moulin rouge mention 😛

Can we start communicating like ADULTS

Wait okay I’m rooting for them now

I actually hate books that incorporate too much of current times. Like why are we talking about tiktok rn

Forehead kiss?? In this economy??

Some of this writing is making me physically cringe

Guys why are they using “nervy” so much

The writing of this is honestly not great but I’m lowkey hooked

Why does it feel like there’s no happy ending in sight

I KNEW IT

Jude is starting to piss me off

Why don’t we ever blame men

We have far too much of this book left and something so horrible has already happened