Quotes by : Paul Kalanithi

I was searching for a vocabulary with which to make sense of death, to find a way to begin defining myself....

mind was simply the operation of the brain, an idea that struck me with force; it startled my naive understanding....

Often I return to the grave after leaving flowers – tulips, lilies, carnations – to find the heads....

As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives -- everyone dies eventually -- but guiding a patient....

The pain of failure had led me to understand that technical excellence was a moral requirement.

Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?' she asked. 'Don't you think saying goodbye....

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job- not a calling.

A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with....

Time for me is now double-edged: every day brings me further from the low of my last relapse but closer....

Before operating on a patient's brain, I realized, I must first understand his mind: his identity, his....