While all doctors treat diseases, neurosurgeons' work is the crucible of identity. Every operation on the brain is, by necessity, a manipulation of the substance of our selves.
From Paul Kalanithi
When there's no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon's only tool.
Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.
Before operating on a patient's brain... I must first understand his mind: his identity, his values, what makes his life worth living, and what devastation makes it reasonable to let that life end.
Words have a longevity that I do not have.
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