Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is Optional.

It's Like A Kid Standing At The Window Watching The Rain.

I Am A Flawed Human Being - A Far More Flawed Human Being Than You Realize.

You Are A Beautiful Person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But You Seem Always To Be Dragging Your Heart Along The Ground. From Now On, Little By Little, You Must Prepare Yourself To Face Death. If You Devote All Of Your Future Energy To Living, You Will Not Be Able To Die Well. You Must Begin To Shift Gears, A Little At A Time. Living And Dying Are, In A Sense, Of Equal Value.

I Am Worrying About My Country. I Feel I Have A Responsibility As A Novelist To Do Something.

His Heart, Like Mine, Was Ticking Off The Time Allotted To His Small Restless Body.