The author says this is really a book about life. You learn a lot about how to live life in the face of death. David is a death row laywer. In this book he talks about a case he is working on. While he is working on this case, trying to save an inmates life, his father in law is dying of cancer. He learns many lessons from his father in law and from the inmate, many of these lessons are about letting go and just being there. I liked this book and am intruiged to read his previous book. "I can either spend the rest of my life trying to exted my life, or I can spend the rest of my life living my life." Sometimes life is extended only to endure more suffering. Sometimes life is just worth living the rest you have to the fullest. "No matter how much you change who you are, you cain't change what you done." Even if we aren't the same person anymore, we still have to pay for our mistakes. "Sometimes one's imagination sees what it wants to see." "One thing I've learned is that in the face of tragedy you are powerless to prevent, there's no greater empathy than quiet." Sometimes all we have to offer someone is our quiet, there are no words to make it better but sitting with someone in their pain is powerful. "All you can change is yourself and your own small corner of this earth. That, and you can help other people change theirs." And change is a powerful thing, it's also contagious. "The reason it's easier to be bad than good is that being good takes awareness and effort. You can't just sit there. But all you have to do to be bad is coast." I think this is a genius statement and so very true. Being bad is easy, it comes naturally. Being good takes effort and a lot of people don't want to take that effort. "Time does not heal all wounds. Some pain becomes part of who you are."
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