“But despite the fact that the doctors treated him, bled him, and gave him medicines to drink -- he recovered.”

“Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.”

“I love my mother.My mother loves my dad.Those two facts are undeniable.I want my father to live.I want him to fight to live as long as he can.My mother wants to let him pass.She does not want him suffering anymore.She says that I am not there in the middle of the night at home, when he begs her to let him die.I say that he should not be taking the medicine that the doctor is prescribing, that it made Mike Tyson want to eat his opponents young.”

“She comforted him in his darkness and gave him hope. She seemed to cherish a sincere affection for him, despite his failings. 'She saved me'.”

“The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.”

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”