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Death is a process as straightforward as mowing a lawn.

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide (2004)

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From the standpoint of the present, the future is always a derangement of ambitions.

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The conversion of mass to energy and light is the prerogative of every star.

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Pills are the great infantilizers of our time. Adulthood can be wearying, and so some grow nostalgic about childhood dependencies.

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It takes real sangfroid to stare death out. Planning your own murder is a delicate undertaking, requiring as much foresight and paperwork as that invested by some girls into their first weddings.

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Psychological autopsies are also necessary to identify errors or oversights and expunge guilt.

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