Katie

“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”
― Nietzsche

“These uniquely powerful brothers set in motion many of the processes that shape today’s world. Understanding who they were, and what they did, is a key to uncovering the obscured roots of upheaval in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.”
― Stephen Kinzer, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

“Because you thought they’d accept what you are if you only reduced yourself enough.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Death avoidance is not an individual failing; it’s a cultural one. Facing death is not for the faint-hearted. It is far too challenging to expect that each citizen will do so on his or her own. Death acceptance is the responsibility of all death professionals—funeral directors, cemetery managers, hospital workers. It is the responsibility of those who have been tasked with creating physical and emotional environments where safe, open interaction with death and dead bodies is possible.”
― Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death