Quotes by Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

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Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on y — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves. — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
As a general rule, if anyone ever asks you to put stockings on a ninety-year old deceased Romanian woman with oedema, yo — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m. — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
A culture that denies death is a barrier to achieving a good death. Overcoming our fears and wild misconceptions about d — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
By not talking about death with our loved ones, not being clear through advanced directives, DNR (do not resuscitate) or — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
The earth is expertly designed to take back what it has created. Bodies left for carrion in enclosed, regulated spaces c — Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory