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 What I infer from the title is while we are living we are someone and then we are merged into the universe, so breath is of the individual and air is the universe. However this detailed memoir gives out some wonderful points. Written by a neurosurgeon about his life and journey with stage IV lung cancer.      I picked up the book as we lost our father due to the same  illness and interestingly the qualifications of Paul Kalanithi. A neurosurgeon with MA in English Literature and that may be the reason for the detailed yet simple expressiveness in the book. My favourites -  Seven words from Samuel Beckett - I can't go on. I 'll go on. I began to realise that coming face to face with my own mortality, had changed nothing and everything. #paulkalanithi #whenbreathbenomesair

 Like so many other books, this one also has good and bad points. So as the sub title of the book says - ten rules for social success, five or more or less will be very relevant obviously to our own choices. For a person beginning the social circle journey the book will have ample starters and valid points and may be specially a shy person. It is not the ultimate guide to social success but definitely can be a starting point. Easy to read and can be finished in one or two sittings. #suhelseth #gettothetop