Quote by Jane Smiley
Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirati

Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death. – Jane Smiley

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Death
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I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley

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Future
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Death
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I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end. – Pope John XXIII

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Death

After your death you will be what you were before your birth. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Death

The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death. – Stanislav Grof

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Death

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. – Norman Cousins

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Death

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Its like learning a language you cant speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar. – Fred Frith

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I dont need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food. – Mark Hyman

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Food

A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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I hope the millions of people Ive touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. – Michael Jordan

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Attitude