What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.

To me, the research is a way of exploring what it means to be alive.

Religion?" Mr Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

People always seek to compare. They can take the new, but only if it is somehow connected to the familiar. We need that in our lives, the mix of the new and the old. But of course I'm flattered about the comparison with Old man and the sea. Hemingway is a great writer.

I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.

We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?

You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.