Quote from Wilson in Death Begins at Forty
Tim: How did you deal with it? If it happened to me, I wouldn't be able to get out of bed. Wilson: Well, for a long while there, Tim, I couldn't. I refused to take any risks. I even canceled my long-awaited trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. Tim: Well, that was a good choice. You don't wanna climb anything starting with "kill a man." Wilson: Actually, Tim, after a while I did go, and it was one of the highlights of my life. Tim: Well, what made you change your mind? Wilson: I realized how lucky I was. My heart attack didn't kill me, so why act like it did? Tim: [grunts] Well, well, well... Wilson: You see, Tim, the Roman rhetorician Seneca once said: "if we let things terrify us, then life is not worth living."