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“Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness--if you had little time left to live--you would waste precious little of it! Well, I'm telling you...you do have a terminal illness: It's called birth. You don't have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason--or you will never be at all.”

“Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Happiness Faces Joy Passion Sun Fields Baby Ought Ears Illness Your Face Lilies Backyards Terminal Terminal Illness

Book:A Short Guide to a Happy Life

Source: A Short Guide to a Happy Life

“The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view and act on death as a dignified moral and godly choice for those suffering with terminal illnesses.”

Humans Suffering Choices Decision Views Moral Dying Court Illness Aids Supreme Supreme Court Godly Euthanasia Human Freedom Terminal Terminal Illness

Author:John Shelby Spong

“I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.”

Fear Term Saws Travel Illness Dread Airports Great Travel Terminal Terminal Illness

Author:Dennis Potter

“With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for patients suffering 'intolerable health problems.'”

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Author:Arthur Caplan

“If I learnt anything at all about terminal illness in my research, it's that the experience is different for everyone. I do believe that life becomes concentrated when it's boundaried and that death is the biggest boundary of all.”

Ifs Believe Different Research Illness Boundaries Terminal Terminal Illness

Author:Jenny Downham