Joy

“But unlike this book, the dictionary also discusses words that are far more pleasant to contemplate. The word “bubble” is in the dictionary, for instance, as is the word “peacock,” the word “vacation,” and the words “the” “author’s” “execution” “has” “been” “canceled,” which make up a sentence that is always pleasant to hear. So”
― Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator

“چنان تنهایی وحشتناکی احساس می‌کردم که خیال خودکشی به سرم زد. چیزی که جلویم را گرفت، این فکر بود که هیچ‌کس، مطلقاً هیچ‌کس، از مرگم متأثر نخواهد شد و من در مرگ خیلی تنهاتر از زندگی خواهم بود.”
― ژان پل سارتر, Nausea

“In many ways, women are death’s natural companions. Every time a woman gives birth, she is creating not only a life, but also a death. Samuel”
― Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium

“Though you may never have attended a funeral, two of the world’s humans die every second. Eight in the time it took you to read that sentence. Now we’re at fourteen. The dead space this process out nicely so that the living hardly even notice they’re undergoing the transformation. Unless”
― Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium