Death & Dying
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- I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.
- I was wondering what’s it like to die. I thought I was going to die, and I didn’t know whether it was going to hurt, whether it was going to be quick. That’s one thought that struck me…You become religious very quickly. Oh yes, made a lot of promises. That’s why I still believe in God.
- These are children we are talking about - not just numbers, not just data, not political pawns. And, although most may not meet the refugee threshold needed to stay in the United States, many may. How are we supposed to hold our heads high on humanitarian issues if, in our haste for a fix and our fixation on deterrence, we return even a few children to a place where their lives are in danger?
- It’s like a reverse nightmare situation. When you go to sleep normally, you have a nightmare and you wake up and ‘Oh! Everything’s ok.’ And now I go to sleep - I might have a nice dream - and then I wake up and slowly the truth of what happens dawns on me. And that is that my son was a mass murderer.
- I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don’t surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn’t do anything about it was stunning to me.
- When people are like, 'Life is good,' I go, 'No. Life is a series of disastrous moments, painful moments, unexpected moments, and things that will break your heart. And in between those moments, that's when you savor, savor, savor.
- The cynical truth is that the Navy Yard murders had neither the kinds of victims nor the story that sustains media interest and public revulsion.
- Pope Francis said that atheists are still eligible to go to heaven. To return the favor, atheists said Popes are still eligible to go into a void of nothingness.