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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Our relationship was still deep in meaning, a shared and evolving vocabulary about what mattered.”

351. “Our relationship was still deep in meaning, a shared and evolving vocabulary about what mattered.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Don’t you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?” “Wouldn’t it be great if it did?” I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn’t about avoiding suffering. Years.”

352. “Don’t you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?” “Wouldn’t it be great if it did?” I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn’t about avoiding suffering. Years.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Day after day I kept at it, and every tiny increase in strength broaden the possible worlds, the possible versions of me.”

353. “Day after day I kept at it, and every tiny increase in strength broaden the possible worlds, the possible versions of me.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Paul napped comfortably in the afternoon. But he was gravely ill. I started to cry as I watched him sleep. I crept out to our living room where his father’s tears joined mine. I already missed him.”

354. “Paul napped comfortably in the afternoon. But he was gravely ill. I started to cry as I watched him sleep. I crept out to our living room where his father’s tears joined mine. I already missed him.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “It’s not fair – I’ve been diluting my drinks with water.” A.”

355. “It’s not fair – I’ve been diluting my drinks with water.” A.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “My state of knowledge was the same, but my ability to make lunch plans had been shot to hell. The way forward would seem obvious, if only I knew how many months or years I had left. Tell me three months, I’d spend time with family. Tell me one year, I’d write a book. Give me ten years, I’d get back to treating diseases.”

356. “My state of knowledge was the same, but my ability to make lunch plans had been shot to hell. The way forward would seem obvious, if only I knew how many months or years I had left. Tell me three months, I’d spend time with family. Tell me one year, I’d write a book. Give me ten years, I’d get back to treating diseases.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “I remember thinking, You must remember this, because what was falling on my retina was precious.”

357. “I remember thinking, You must remember this, because what was falling on my retina was precious.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words.”

358. “But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “My imagined future and my personal identity collapsed.”

359. “My imagined future and my personal identity collapsed.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “I began to suspect that being so close to the fiery light of such moments only blinded me to their nature, like trying to learn astronomy by staring directly at the sun.”

360. “I began to suspect that being so close to the fiery light of such moments only blinded me to their nature, like trying to learn astronomy by staring directly at the sun.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “And so it’s not at all useful to spend time thinking about the future – that is, beyond lunch.”

361. “And so it’s not at all useful to spend time thinking about the future – that is, beyond lunch.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Racking back pain can mold an identity; fatigue and nausea can, as well.”

362. “Racking back pain can mold an identity; fatigue and nausea can, as well.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “And along with shift work comes a kind of shiftiness, a subtle undercutting of responsibility.”

363. “And along with shift work comes a kind of shiftiness, a subtle undercutting of responsibility.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “I had to help those families understand that the person they knew – the full, vital independent human – now lived only in the past and that I needed their input to understand what sort of future he or she would want: an easy death or to be strung between bags of fluids going in, others coming out, to persist despite being unable to struggle.”

364. “I had to help those families understand that the person they knew – the full, vital independent human – now lived only in the past and that I needed their input to understand what sort of future he or she would want: an easy death or to be strung between bags of fluids going in, others coming out, to persist despite being unable to struggle.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “I felt that to understand my own direct experiences, I would have to translate them back into language.”

365. “I felt that to understand my own direct experiences, I would have to translate them back into language.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “Death comes for all of us. For us, for our patients:.”

366. “Death comes for all of us. For us, for our patients:.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “He spent much of his life wrestling with the question of how to live a meaningful life. And his book explores that essential territory.”

367. “He spent much of his life wrestling with the question of how to live a meaningful life. And his book explores that essential territory.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “But my focus would have to be on my imminent role, intimately involved with the when and how of death – the grave digger with the forceps. Not.”

368. “But my focus would have to be on my imminent role, intimately involved with the when and how of death – the grave digger with the forceps. Not.”

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Paul Kalanithi Quote: “He wanted to help people understand death and face their mortality.”

369. “He wanted to help people understand death and face their mortality.”

— Paul Kalanithi

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