“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.” DeathGriefMortality Book:Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Source: 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.” LifeDeathDyingMortality Book:From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Source: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death