Gestures are all that I have.
Garth SteinEve continued with the inexorable process of dying, Zoe spent too much time with her grandparents, and Denny and I worked at slowing the beating of our hearts so we wouldn't feel so much pain.
Garth SteinThe true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles.
Garth SteinThere is no dishonor in losing the race, Don said. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. ~p 227
Garth SteinYes: the race is long-to finish first, first you must finish. ~p206
Garth SteinTo live every day as if it had been stolen from death...to separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter everyday. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.
Garth SteinCan we not will ourselves to achieve the impossible? Can we not use the power of our life force to change something: one small thing, one insignificant moment, one breath, one gesture? Is there nothing we can do to change what is around us?
Garth SteinThe smell would have given me an erection if I'd still had testicles.
Garth SteinTag: dog-erection
People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.
Garth SteinThere is no dishonour in losing the race," Don said. "There is only dishonour in not racing because you are afraid to lose.
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