Carolyn Barrington’s Reviews > Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End > Status Update

“in a war that you cannot win, you don’t want a general that fights to the point of total annihilation”

“whatever the limits and travails we face, we want to retain the autonomy, the freedom to be the authors of our lives”

“the battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of one’s life. to avoid becoming so diminished, or dissipated, or subjugated that who you are becomes disconnected from who you are or who you want to be.”