This is a book about meaning. Paul Kalanithi spends his whole life finding meaning and making sense of life. I'm most struck by how he went back to the grueling work of residency despite his cancer diagnosis, he lives his life by striving - sometimes life is about more than happiness or pleasure and ease, and important things are worth doing despite hardship and pain. “Don’t you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?”
“Wouldn’t it be great if it did?” I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn’t about avoiding suffering.

Lucy's concluding chapter struck me as well, especially her observation that love persists and takes on a different form after death. Caring for our daughter, nurturing relationships with family, publishing this book, pursuing meaningful work, visiting Paul’s grave, grieving and honoring him, persisting…my love goes on—lives on—in a way I’d never expected.