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title: "1 Life Spend Quotes By Katy Butler"
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> [Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in the last five years of life and spend more supporting people so that they can stay the least disabled as they possibly can, the most independent as they possibly can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/let-s-spend-less-on-trying-to-fix-the-unfixable-in-the-last-five/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

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## Other authors on Life Spend

## More by Katy Butler

> [I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/i-don-t-think-people-ever-were-free-of-fear-of-death-but-clinging-to/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [Three-quarters of people say they want to die at home, but only a quarter of people actually do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/three-quarters-of-people-say-they-want-to-die-at-home-but-only-a/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/i-want-people-to-suffer-less-and-i-think-it-s-possible/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/almost-anyone-you-talk-to-will-say-i-don-t-want-to-die-plugged-into/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/attempting-to-grapple-with-improving-end-of-life-care-is-a-political/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [“Facebook group Slow Medicine, who”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/facebook-group-slow-medicine-who/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [Very few of us are succeeding in giving our parents the ideal death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/very-few-of-us-are-succeeding-in-giving-our-parents-the-ideal-death/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [We offer such false hopes to people that every medical problem can be fixed even when you're starting to deal with an 80- or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/we-offer-such-false-hopes-to-people-that-every-medical-problem-can-be/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/i-ve-heard-doctors-say-that-before-the-crisis-hits-people-don-t-want/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [I want to break the taboo against questioning this drive for maximum longevity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/i-want-to-break-the-taboo-against-questioning-this-drive-for-maximum/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [“Nothing much will change until we pay doctors and hospitals when they appropriately do less as well as we do when they inappropriately do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/nothing-much-will-change-until-we-pay-doctors-and-hospitals-when-they/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [ I think it's very interesting that \[doctors\] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/i-think-it-s-very-interesting-that-doctors-privilege-the-self-that-is/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [To do more, is not necessarily to do better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/to-do-more-is-not-necessarily-to-do-better/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in the last five years of life and spend more supporting people so that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/let-s-spend-less-on-trying-to-fix-the-unfixable-in-the-last-five/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

> [“optimistic, science-worshipping culture wants to medicalize aging and make it nothing more than a collection of specific diseases that medicine can prevent or fix,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-butler/optimistic-science-worshipping-culture-wants-to-medicalize-aging-and/)

[Katy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-butler/)

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