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It's attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":42,"source":43,"quote_tag":44,"commentary":9},3589183,"For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":46,"quote_text":47,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":48,"source":49,"quote_tag":50,"commentary":9},3589169,"The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3589165,"Because we've never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":63},3589156,"I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and death acceptance advocate, as seen in her book \"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory\" (2014). During this time, Doughty was working at a crematory in Los Angeles, California. As she navigated the often-ghastly realities of death care, she began to confront the societal taboos surrounding mortality.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat most people miss is that fascination with mortality is not about being morbid or pessimistic; rather, it's an acknowledgment of our shared human experience and a desire to understand the impermanence of life. This paradoxical interest in death reveals a fundamental aspect of human psychology: we are drawn to what we fear because it reminds us of our own vulnerability.\n\n**How to Use This**\nBy embracing this fascination with mortality, modern professionals can adopt a more nuanced understanding of their own time limits and make deliberate choices about how they allocate their energy and resources. They can prioritize what truly matters to them, knowing that every decision has a deadline attached to it.",{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":9},3589149,"Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3589145,"The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},3589129,"Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":83,"quote_text":84,"author_id":5,"source_id":19,"has_image":29,"author":85,"source":86,"quote_tag":87,"commentary":9},3589122,"I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":89,"totalPages":90,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":91},1,15,10]