"The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of oneâ€™s life,"

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Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.77, Metropolitan Books

Atul Gawande

#Integrity Quotes #Battle Quotes

“We are a race of women that of old knew no fear and feared no death, and lived great lives and hoped great hopes; and if today some of us have fallen on evil and degenerate times, there moves in us yet the throb of the old blood.”
“An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use.”

Source : Bruno Munari (1971). “Design as art”, Penguin Books Ltd
“I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.”
“Is there anything more attractive than a woman in high heels and low self esteem?”
“Where do you put a form? It will move all around, bellow out and shrink, and sometimes it winds up where it was in the first place. But at the end it feels different, and it had to make the voyage. I am a moralist and cannot accept what has not been paid for, or a form that has not been lived through.”

Source : Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge (2011). “Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations”, p.54, Univ of California Press
“What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.”
“For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.”
“Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I'll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I'll go bowling.”

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