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“We all have a notion of what it is to be good, and we can't live up to it all the time.”

Life Philosophy

Book:When Breath Becomes Air

Source: When Breath Becomes Air

“Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "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.”

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Book:When Breath Becomes Air

Source: When Breath Becomes Air

“After I was caught returning at dawn from one such late-night escapade, my worried mother thoroughly interrogated me regarding every drug teenagers take, never suspecting that the most intoxicating thing I’d experienced, by far, was the volume of romantic poetry she’d handed me the previous week. Books became my closest confidants, finely ground lenses providing new views of the world.”

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Author:Paul Kalanithi