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“Briefly Perfectly Human” by Alua Arthur: A death doula explores what it means to live life authentically while facing mortality -
Neil deGrasse Tyson Prompts Ruminations on Life & Death in New Year: The famed astrophysicist celebrates the precious nature of human existence -
“I Will Remember You” by Sarah McLachlan: A timeless classic that provides emotional release for those mourning a loved one
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Tag Archives: Quotes about Death
”If death is this brilliant slide, this high, fine music felt as pure vibration, this plunging float in wind and silence, it’s not so bad.”
- Jayne Anne Phillips
Check out more from “A Rite of Passage” here.
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
More from SevenPonds: Selective Reading “They say such nice things about people at their funerals. It makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.” “Death is the most convenient time to tax … Continue reading
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Related SevenPonds Articles: “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” “Green” Memories “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”
“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
-Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged A Right of Passage, Death, Langston Hughes, Life, Poem, Poems about Death, Poems about Life, Quotes, Quotes about Death
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“The Gay Science” by Friedrich Nietzsche
Happiness and misfortune are brother and sister
Often misunderstood, or misinterpreted by many, Friedrich Nietzsche, the controversial philosopher whose work is as fascinating to ponder today as it was obscure in the late 1800s when he wrote about death and God, or rather, the death-of-God prolifically, was … Continue reading
“Death is a Low Chemical Trick Played on Everybody Except Sequoia Trees”
--J.J. Furnas
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Quotes, Quotes about Death, Quotes about Life, sequoia tree
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