The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead Quotes

“My father reminds me that according to Midrash - the ever-evolving commentary upon the Hebrew scriptures - when you arrive in the world as a baby, your hands are clenched, as though to say, "Everything is mine. I will inherit it all." When you depart from the world, your hands are open, as though to say, "I have acquired nothing from the world.”
― David Shields, The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead

“The ancient Indian epic Mahābhārata asks, “Of all the world’s wonders, which is the most wonderful? That no man, though he sees others dying all around him, believes that he himself will die.”
― David Shields, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

“Aging followed by death is the price we pay for the immorality of our genes. You find this information soul-killing; I find it thrilling, liberating. Life, in my view, is simple, tragic, and eerily beautiful.”
― David Shields, The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead