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“Exposing a young child to the realities of love and death is far less dangerous than exposing them to the lie of the happy ending.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“Death should be KNOWN. Known as a difficult mental, physical and emotional process, respected and feared for what it is.”
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“The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“We owe our very lives to the soil, and, as William Bryant Logan said, “the bodies we give it back are not payment enough.” Though, presumably, they are a start.”
― From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
― From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
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