Tag: death

Between Death, Distraction and Existential Dread

None of us can put off death forever. To quote the opening line from Markus Zusak’s Book Thief, “You are going to die”; or Indiana Jones, “We are going to...

We Must Anticipate the Real Dangers of Assisted Suicide

Earlier this week a friend shared an article with me titled We Can’t Afford a Taboo on Assisted Dying. What gave rise to its publication is the Scottish parliament’s present...

It Is Such a Secret Place, the Land of Tears

“I did not know how to reach him, where to catch up with him. It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”