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“ As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives -- everyone dies eventually -- but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness. ”

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Human knowledge is never contained in just one person.

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What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain.

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Humans are organisms, subject to physical laws, including alas, the one that says entropy always increases. Diseases are molecules misbehaving; the basic requirement of life is metabolism, and death its cessation.

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Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together? she asked. Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?Wouldn't it be great if it did? I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering.

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