Quote 40
There are a number of ways to establish someone's approximate survival expectations without actually asking. (2.9)
Hazel is, unfortunately, used to the issues of mortality. It's not unusual for her to think about survival expectations or the probability of death. But that doesn't make it any easier.
Quote 41
And yet still I worried. I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it. Worry is yet another side effect of dying. (5.4)
Thinking about death can make any of us a little anxious. Actually dying, well, that's a whole different ballgame.
Quote 42
I digress, but here's the rub: The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eyes of memory. The living, thank heaven, retain the ability to surprise and to disappoint. (7.43)
Does Peter Van Houten prefer people who are alive or dead? Is he haunted by mortality or is he just a jerk?