Joan Didion
“We never know we go,—when we are going
We jest and shut the door;
Fate following behind us bolts it,
And we accost no more.” ~ Emily Dickinson
Death and illness is around us, and as we grow older, even more so. Or maybe we become even more conscious of it. And yet, it is as Yudhishtira answered the Yaksha’s question – “What is the greatest wonder?” with “Day after day countless people die. Yet the living wish to think they will live forever. O Lord, what can be a greater wonder?”
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