"So much alarmed that she is quite alarming"

-- Lord Byron

“Approaches to death and dying reveal much of the attitude of society as a whole to the individuals who compose it. The development of ideas of what constitutes a good death can even be traced to prehistory.”

Source : Foreword in The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1993)
“If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic.”
“What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on.”
“Nancy has her vision and she's a formidable force to be reckoned with, and that's similar to most of the male directors I've worked with. The only difference is probably inbetween scenes, gossiping with Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Nancy Meyers about who's had Botox and who hasn't.”
“Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.”
“Being pregnant was the healthiest I've ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes.”
“Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?”
“Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.”

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