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“Mortally you will feel how it is to be whole and in ruins”

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“Her mother’s voice – which came as a whisper in her ear – seemed so solid, so clear in Milly’s mind, that it was like insects preserved perfectly in amber. The warmth of her mother’s breath, the whiff of the peppermints she sucked, and the light tickle of her hair – all perfectly encapsulated in her cerebrum. And so as the girl blossomed into a teenager, she had by now learnt to live with this condition, and soon came to appreciate the specialness of it. Even dead, her mother would always be there. With her.”

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Book:The Ingenious and the Colour of Life

Source: The Ingenious and the Colour of Life

“Tai stumbled back, and sat, stunned, on the ground next to the dead man. There was an acrid bitterness in his mouth, and he spat it out into the river. It was as if he had tasted death itself, and it sickened him.”

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Book:The Ingenious and the Colour of Life

Source: The Ingenious and the Colour of Life

“Dr. Winn, Nancy is about as sick as a person can be. I don't know if we will be able to get her into remission." He paused, momentarily looked out the window, and before reengaging, took a quick gasp-like breath that could be heard across the room. "If we can't achieve remission, she won't last the week . . . I am so very sorry." His definitive words were like the period at the end of the sentence. Final. No, they were worse. They were like the space after the period at the end of a sentence at the end of the paragraph at the end of the essay. Nothing more to add. Nothing more to say.”

Death Dying Cancer

Book:Night Reflections: A True Story of Friendship, Love, Cancer, and Survival

Source: Night Reflections: A True Story of Friendship, Love, Cancer, and Survival

“People dying of COVID can be 'dying' for a long time. People dying of cancer often are dying for a long time. But with cancer, and other terminal illnesses, it's acceptable to move from treatment into hospice...We give them morphine...we meet death half-way.”

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Book:When We Lost Touch

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“When I started becoming aware my coworkers were becoming diseased and some were prematurely dying, I knew something was wrong in professional astronomy.”

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Book:Summit Brain

Source: Summit Brain

“Because every joy will run out. And so will every life. And maybe that's what I mourn as my children grow: the fact that they and I and we will one day not be here at all. No one's getting out of here alive.”

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Book:I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

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“I speak gibberish to the civilized world and it replies in kind.”

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Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Love is simple, she said. That’s my advice to both of you, not that you’re asking for it….People try to make it complicated , but it’s very simple, she said. You’ll realize that when you’re dying.”

Book:Groundskeeping

Source: Groundskeeping

“It has become easier to live longer but harder to die well.”

Author:Nicci Gerrard

“There's an anticipated, ambiguous grief; a premature mourning of the self, or of the beloved other. During dementia's last stages, a beloved person may be there and yet absent, a powerful reminder of the self's loss.”

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