“Please don't die.”

“I'm dying and I'm having fun.”

“What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone".”

“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.”

“I don't believe in the no-win scenario”

“I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.”

“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.”