Often Continuity Is Visible Only In Retrospect.

Goals Too Clearly Defined Can Become Blinkers.

Every Loss Recapitulates Earlier Losses, But Every Affirmation Of Identity Echoes Earlier Moments Of Clarity.

The Critical Question About Regret Is Whether Experience Led To Growth And New Learning. Some People Seem To Keep On Making The Same Mistakes, While Others At Least Make New Ones. Regret And Remorse Can Be Either Paralyzing Or Inspiring. [p. 199]

...a Disgruntled Reflection On My Own Life As A Sort Of Desperate Improvisation In Which I Was Constantly Trying To Make Something Coherent From Conflicting Elements To Fit Rapidly Changing Settings.

A Suprising Number Of Physicians Manage To Continue To Care About Persons Even After The Rigors Of Medical Training.