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Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die QUOTES

Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die QUOTES

1 " we have more than opiates for pain, and we have more than anti-anxiety medication to combat fear and distress. We have the “who” and “what” we see before we die, which is perhaps the greatest comfort to the dying. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

2 " Maturity is when you accept the fact that two contradictory ideas can exist together. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

3 " While death may look like a loss to the living, the last hours of a dying person may very well be filled with fullness rather than emptiness. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

4 " life ends, but love is eternal. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

5 " It shouldn’t be too surprising that the person who is actually present as we cross the threshold of life and take our first breath once again appears at the threshold as we take our last breath. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

6 " I’ve worked in the medical field for years as a nurse. I try to know the ins and outs of the health-care system, but nothing challenges a person as much as when his or her own family members become ill. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

7 " Mother Teresa, and she once told me that “death is part of the achievement of life. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

8 " William James, who was a professor at Harvard from 1872 to 1907 as well as a lecturer at numerous universities, is often referred to as “the father of American psychology.” Yet in his lifetime, he was ridiculed for forming The American Society for Psychical Research. Unfortunately, we have a long-standing practice of criticizing those who look outside the traditional medical box. "

― David Kessler , Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die