Paul Kalanithi Quotes

Paul Kalanithi

Profession : Writer

Birth : April 1, 1977

We build scientific theories to organize and manipulate the world, to reduce phenomena into manageable units.

Paul Kalanithi

Time for me is double-edged: every day brings me further from the low of my last cancer relapse, but every day also brings me closer to the next cancer recurrence - and eventually, death. Perhaps later than I think, but certainly sooner than I desire.

Paul Kalanithi

I had spent so much time studying literature at Stanford and the history of medicine at Cambridge in an attempt to better understand the particularities of death, only to come away feeling like they were still unknowable to me.

Paul Kalanithi

Before operating on a patient's brain... I must first understand his mind: his identity, his values, what makes his life worth living, and what devastation makes it reasonable to let that life end.

Paul Kalanithi