“‘When there is only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we destroy him.'”
H. Howey, Shift Omibus Edition
Reflections on life
Random Quote #24
“Those of us left behind search for dignity in order not to think ill of ourselves. We try to atone for our dying friend’s inability to achieve a measure of dignity, perhaps by forcing it on him. It’s our one possible victory over the awful process of this kind of death.”
S. B. Nuland, in How we die: reflections on life’s final chapter
Random Quote #23
“I cannot help but wonder how many of us walk through our lives day after day, feeling slightly broken and alone, surrounded all the time by others who feel exactly the same way.”
S. B. Nuland, in How we die: reflections on life’s final chapter
Random Quote #20
“… each victim of dementia inflicts his own unique form of pain on those who love him (…) the memories and the dreadful toll drag on, and from these the release can only be partial. A life that as been well lived and a shared sense of happiness and accomplishment are ever after seen through the smudged glass of its last few years. For the survivors, the concourse of existence has forever become less bright and less direct.”
S. B. Nuland, in How we die: reflections on life’s final chapter
Random Quote #19
“There is no way to deter old age from its grim duty, but a life of accomplishment makes up in quality for what it cannot add in quantity.”
S. B. Nuland, in How we die: reflections on life’s final chapter
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