When Breath Becomes Air Quotes

Paul Kalanithi
This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of When Breath Becomes Air.

When Breath Becomes Air Quotes

Paul Kalanithi
This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of When Breath Becomes Air.
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I recall the sun filtering through the magnolia tree outside my office and lighting this scene: Paul seated before me, his beautiful hands exceedingly still, his prophet’s beard full, those dark eyes taking the measure of me … I remember thinking ‘You must remember this,' because what was falling on my retina was precious. And because, in the context of Paul’s diagnosis, I became aware of not just his mortality but my own.
-- Abraham Verghese (Foreward)

Importance: This quote from the Introduction reflects one of the main elements of the book to follow: the preciousness of life, moments of life, in the face / awareness of death.

In this room, I had sat with patients and explained terminal diagnoses and complex operations; in this room, I had congratulated patients on being cured of a disease and seen their happiness at being returned to their lives; in this room, I had pronounced patients dead...
-- The Author (Paul Kalathini) (Prologue)

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