Able Quote by M. F. K. Fisher

“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy.” quote by M. F. K. Fisher — Download Open image

“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy.”

M. F. K. Fisher

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