There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in which the hand of the way of dying slips easily into the glove of the act itself. It is in character, ego-syntonic. It, the death, fits the person. It is a death that one might choose… — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share
Death--some form of termination--is the universal ending of all living things; but only man, by virtue of his verbally reportable introspective life, can conceptualize… — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal.… — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of… — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment. — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
“There are many pointless deaths, but there can never be a needless suicide.” — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... — Edwin S. Shneidman Copy Share Image
