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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Book by Caitlin Doughty · 4 quotes · Death, Culture, Cat Videos

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“Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, "Why do people die?" and "Why is this happening to me?" Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all.”

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“A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves.”

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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.”

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“A culture that denies death is a barrier to achieving a good death. Overcoming our fears and wild misconceptions about death will be no small task, but we shouldn't forget how quickly other cultural prejudices--racism, sexism, homophobia--have begun to topple in the recent past. It is high time death had its own moment of truth.”

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