After I was caught returning at dawn from one such late-night escapade, my worried mother thoroughly interrogated me regarding every drug teenagers take, never suspecting that the most intoxicating thing Id experienced, by far, was the volume of romantic poetry shed handed me the previous week. Books became my closest confidants, finely ground lenses providing new views of the world.
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Paul Kalanithi was a 20th-century American american neurosurgeon and writer. Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi was an American neurosurgeon and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Inspirational — Uplifting words to motivate and inspire positive action
- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression