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The rarity and preciousness of human life. The inevitability of death. The awesome and indelible power of our actions. The inescapability of suffering.
Norman Fischer • Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
When health becomes an identity, sickness becomes not something that happens to you, but who you are.
Eula Biss • On Immunity: An Inoculation
I’m pretty healthy and I don’t mind the idea of dying, but I also don’t want to get mowed down by some freaky high school kid in a trench coat who’s high on Zoloft and has traded in his Xbox for a semiautomatic.
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
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Latham Thomas • Own Your Glow
Some blows fall too heavy upon those too fragile.
George Saunders • Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
As I stand in line waiting to pay for the groceries, I could be mistaken for just another farmer or housewife or retired teacher. For years, I taught myself not to stand out, not to draw attention, and now it comes effortlessly, which is both sad and also a relief.
Tess Gerritsen • The Spy Coast
Rachel Naomi Remen, who once observed,
Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
When the body is trying to survive, there is not the energy for the autobiographical fiction. There was a kindness in that fever, and it still seizes me sometimes at night, unpredictably, stealing my opinion of myself as a respectable, daylight-dwelling person.