I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.

I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know.

I find my thoughts drifting to the Sabbath, the day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and perhaps the seventh day of one’s life as well, when one can feel that one’s work is done, and one may, in good conscience, rest.

Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.