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Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide QUOTES

1 " Just as the desperate, terminally ill cancer patient often turns to expensive placebos for an imaginary chance at more life, the desperate, terminally alive sad people turn to expensive placebos for a chance to imagine a decent life. "

― , Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide

2 " Living outside of any story―living without hope for the future, without the belief that one is part of a narrative―is confusing. It's hard to get anything done when nothing has a point. For any not-immediately-pleasurable action (or inaction) I contemplate―getting up in the morning, vacuuming, answering the phone―there is no readily-available answer to the ever-present question in my mind: "why?" At least, there is no long-term "why. "

― , Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide