Quote by Sherwin B. Nuland Download Open image ““The very old do not succomb to disease-they implode their way into eternity. (How We Die)”” — Sherwin B. Nuland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Immortality doesn't fit with death, as mortal doesn't fit with eternity.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“People used to die naturally. Old age used to be a terminal affliction, not a temporary state. There were invisible killers called “diseases” that… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Old age and death are in the natural course of things. There is nothing a doctor can do about them.” — Musō Soseki Copy Share Image
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
By the time of my ninth birthday, I had become a bit of a socialist, as I am said by conservative colleagues to be… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
'Death with dignity' is our society's expression of the universal yearning to achieve a graceful triumph over the stark and often repugnant finality of… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
“Leonardo, with his profound knowledge of art, commenced various undertakings, many of which he never completed, because it appeared to him that the hand… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Do you know what the world will be saved by? I'll tell you. It'll be saved by the human spirit. And by the human… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
It's unnatural to believe death usually has a beauty and a concordance and is usually a coming together of your life's work. It leads… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
There are resurrection themes in every society that has ever been studied, and it is because not just only do we fantasize about the… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Every hope of successive generations of scholars that order might be constructed from the chaotic mess of medical nomenclature has been frustrated. Even diseases… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
The more personal you are willing to be and the more intimate you are willing to be about the details of your own life,… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image