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“Science may trump the supernatural, but once someone tells you an operative technique is bad luck, it’s probably better to be safe than sorry.”

“People don't realize quite how horrible resuscitation is - undignified, brutal and with a fairly woeful success rate.

When discussing Do Not Resuscitate orders, relatives often want everything to be done without really knowing what that means. Really, the form should say, 'If your mother's heart stops, would you like us to break all her ribs and electrocute her?"

“The undiluted selflessness of someone fully aware what her absence will do to those she leaves behind.”



“On the way home I phone my mum to tell her I love her.”


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“The other thing I realize is that none of her many, many concerns are about herself; it’s all about the kids, her husband, her sister, her friends. Maybe that’s the definition of a good person.”

“It suddenly strikes me that I’m almost certainly the first person she’s opened up to about all this, the only one she’s been totally honest with. It’s a strange privilege, an honour I didn’t ask for.”

Hahahaha you scared him!!!

“Age twenty-five was the first point I actually got to make an active decision in the Choose Your Own Adventure book of my life. I not only had to learn how to make a decision, but also ensure I made the right one.”

“Bleeding always stops eventually, and this was for the saddest reason.”