"Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot……" — John Steinbeck

Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the… - John Steinbeck

"Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the things he changed are dead. His effect is the only evidence of his life. While there remains even a plaintive memory, a person cannot be cut off, dead. And he thought, “It’s a long slow process for a human to die. We kill a cow, and it is dead as soon as the meat is eaten, but a man’s life dies as a commotion in a still pool dies, in little waves, spreading and growing back toward stillness."

— John Steinbeck

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