This chapter considers the intensive care environment in terms of the fragility of emotions for everyone placed within it, and the types of decisions that are needed in the context of a 24-hour day care. It delves into the value of experience, the ability to balance perspectives and the continuum of life, from birth to death. There are 12 quotations provided by experienced intensivists to help the reader reflect on their own feelings about these environmental aspects of working in intensive care.