“The problem with finding out you’re going to die soon, but not immediately, is that there is time for the shock to wear off, and you’re left with decisions to make and difficult conversations to have and, worst of all, so many mundane, ordinary life things that still have to happen up until the bitter end. Going to the bathroom. Washing the dishes. Small talk at the gas station. Making and eating food. It seems like all of that should stop, like a person should be able to say, ‘You know what? I’m going to opt out of these things now. They’re for people who need to exist for another forty
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