“Not everything needs to be fixed”

“Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.”

“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”

“Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you"....(Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)”

“Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. Iwon’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. Sotoday, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to knowhow much I’m enjoying it.”I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile.I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.”

“There's a formality in academia that can't be ignored, even if a man is busy with other things, like trying not to die.”

“It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.”