Caitlin Doughty said this quote

Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, Why do people die? and Why is this happening to me? Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all.

~ Caitlin Doughty

A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves.

~ Caitlin Doughty

The great triumph (or horrible tragedy, depending on how you look at it) of being human is that our brains have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to understand our mortality. We are, sadly, self-aware creatures. Even if we move through the day finding creative ways to deny our mortality, no matter how powerful, loved, or special we may feel, we know we are ultimately doomed to death and decay. This is a mental burden shared by precious few other species on Earth.

~ Caitlin Doughty

The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m.

~ Caitlin Doughty