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When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted through the wallpaper. No, my mother did not pass away. She definitely died.

When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted through the wallpaper. No, my mother did not pass away. She definitely died.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said.That's what being alive is all about.

YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said.That's what being alive is all about.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Just know I amNot there to catch youBut I am there for you

Just know I amNot there to catch youBut I am there for you

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

That's it then. This is how it ends. I haven't even read Proust.

That's it then. This is how it ends. I haven't even read Proust.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Immortality like this is about as useful as sunscreen on a submarine.

Immortality like this is about as useful as sunscreen on a submarine.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Knackered inmates are easier to control than pumped-up ones. And dead inmates are even easier to control, if you follow me.

Knackered inmates are easier to control than pumped-up ones. And dead inmates are even easier to control, if you follow me.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.

What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

He thought he saw some horses, too, and a clown, but it was the faces of all those dead raptors that really bothered him. And maybe that clown a little bit.

He thought he saw some horses, too, and a clown, but it was the faces of all those dead raptors that really bothered him. And maybe that clown a little bit.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

It would be especially comforting to believe that I have the answer to the question, What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?

It would be especially comforting to believe that I have the answer to the question, What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and think about shooting myself in the head.

The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and think about shooting myself in the head.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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