"Wit" Quotes
"Wit" by Margaret Edson is a poignant play that explores the journey of a brilliant professor confronting her terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis while reflecting on her life and the human need for compassion.
plays | 85 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Now is the time for a hot bath. And a long, long sleep.
Truth be told, I don't know which I dread more: the dying or the treatment.
I find it hard to believe that the dread and fear of dying is not a universal experience.
I am not in isolation because I have cancer, I am in isolation because I am being treated for cancer.
I have a great sense of humor. I just wish I had some idea of what it was.
I'm a person, not a patient.
I am not in this alone. I have a body.
Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets. The moon sets. But they're not gone.
I find it hard to believe that I would have fallen in love with a mass of cells, even if it is mine.
It is not my intention to give away my body, my illness, or the time that remains to me.
