Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote / Image

Quote image editor Paul Kalanithi

Back to previous page

“The tumor had interrupted his speech circuitry, so he could speak only in streams of numbers, but he still had prosody, he could still emote: smile, scowl, sigh. He recited another series of numbers, this time with urgency. There was something he wanted to tell us, but the digits could communicate nothing other than his fear & fury.” — Paul Kalanithi

Quote 1080 x 1350 Instagram portrait
More
Platforms
Pure ratios
The tumor had interrupted his speech circuitry, so he could speak only in streams of numbers, but he still had prosody, he could still emote: smile, scowl, sigh. He recited another series of numbers, this time with urgency. There was something he wanted to tell us, but the digits could communicate nothing other than his fear & fury.
— Paul Kalanithi