Paul Kalanithi

“One sows and another reaps.”

She was upset because she had been worried about it, too. She was upset because I wasn’t talking to her about it. She was upset because I’d promised her one life, and given her another.

his prophet’s beard full, those dark eyes taking the measure of me.

accomplish amazing feats—it was a love and empathy for those who suffered, for what they endured and what he might bring to bear

It was much more than a falling in love with the intricacies of the brain, much more than the satisfaction of training his hands to

Out of his pen he was spinning gold.

“We carry with us the wonders, we seek without us:

ready. Be seated. See what courage sounds like. See how brave it is to reveal yourself in this way. But above all, see what it is to still live, to profoundly influence the lives of others after you are gone, by your words

Webster was much possessed by death
And saw the skull beneath the skin;
And breastless creatures under ground
Leaned backward with a lipless grin.

pain that made me forsake speech to grind my teeth