I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home

Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by marsrover on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:32PM (#19353448)

I actually keep a list of quotes about death because it fascinates me. Here are two that I really like.

The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage. -Cicero

The fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which people in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. -Plato

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Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by lucidone on Sunday March 10, 2019 @04:38PM (#19354295)

“Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death.”

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Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by jf on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:49PM (#19353580)

Have you read the book “On Death & Dying”? It’s a collection of interviews with terminally ill patients, with commentary from the author.

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Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by marsrover on Sunday March 10, 2019 @04:02PM (#19354062)

I have not but sounds like I should check it out.

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