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“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy.”

People Should Children Able Together Death Order Dies Parent Family Fantasy Grace Generations Dying Old People Utopian

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes.”

Giving Hard Home Fighting Situation Family Dying Protect Giving Up Relative Genes Captured Protect Yourself New Situations Fighting Hard

Author:Keith Henson

“It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”

“When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?"”

Lasts Found Family Dying Illness Birthday My Birthday

Author:Nancy Astor

“I'm not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family. I'll be around a long time. A thousand years from now, a whole township of my offspring will be biting sour apples in the gumwood shade.”

Years Persons Long Whole Today Family Dying Thousand Long Time Died Apples Shade Thousand Years Offspring Sour Biting

Book:The Stories of Ray Bradbury

Source: The Stories of Ray Bradbury

“You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.”

Bigs Death Family Dying Dialogue American Family Merging

Book:Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

Source: Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

“My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.”

Humor Wanted Funny Wish Family Dying Chairs Electric Uncles Lap Start The Day Funny Family Electric Chair

Book:It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs

Source: It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs

“The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today.”