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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies QUOTES

1 " It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid” or “weird.” They grow scared, and criticize other people’s interest in the topic to keep from having to confront death themselves. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

2 " We can't make death fun, but we can make learning about it fun. Death is science and history, art and literature. It bridges every culture and unites the whole of humanity! "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

3 " He won’t be diving straight for the human flesh. But a cat has got to eat, and you are the person who feeds him. This is the cat-human compact. Death doesn’t free you from performing your contractual obligations. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

4 " To be fair, death is hard! We love someone and then they die. It feels unfair. Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

5 " Here’s the deal: It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid” or “weird.” They grow scared, and criticize other people’s interest in the topic to keep from having to confront death themselves. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

6 " That's why all the questions in this book come from 100 percent ethically sourced, free-range, organic children. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

7 " Your cat might eat you after you die, but a vulture can't wait to rip you to pieces and carry you off into the sky. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

8 " To future corpses of all ages "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

9 " In 1945 and 1956, two researchers analyzed the donated bodies of four adult males, and estimated that the average male offers about 125,822 calories from protein and fat. That number is far below what other red meats like beef or boar can offer. (Yes, you heard me, humans are red meat.) "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

10 " I'm bringing body back.
Returning corpses, but they're not intact.
Kids, this is a Justin Timberlake reference. You're fine not knowing who that is. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

11 " As long as the death was relatively sudden and the dead person was in otherwise good health, cadaver blood remains usable, as Dr. Shamov discovered, for up to six hours. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

12 " White blood cells have several days of activity left in them after the heart stops beating. If the blood is sterile and in good condition, cadaver blood donation is perfectly fine. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

13 " This is a fantastic question. You, young person, are a pint-sized death revolutionary. Everyone should be on the lookout for new possibilities for our future corpses. Let’s hang out and brainstorm ideas sometime. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

14 " There are those who argue that a body needs to be buried a full six feet down, but there are also those who argue that just one foot of soil is needed to create a smell barrier. I think three and a half feet is a good compromise. “Three and a half feet, you won’t become a treat!” as the old saying goes. (This is not an old saying, FYI.) "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

15 " In the mid-1800s, Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis noticed that new mothers who were treated by midwives fared much better than those who were treated by trainee doctors, who also handled and dissected cadavers. He believed that sticking one’s hands into a dead body and then directly into a laboring woman was dangerous. So, Semmelweis issued a mandate that hands must be washed between the two activities. And it worked! Rates of infection dropped from one in ten to one in a hundred within the first few months. Unfortunately, the finding was rejected by much of the medical establishment of the time. One of the reasons it was so hard to get doctors to wash up? The stench of “hospital odor” on their hands was a mark of prestige. They called it “good old hospital stink.” Quite simply, decayed corpse smell was a badge of honor they had no intention of removing. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

16 " Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

17 " it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

18 " a study at a Civil War cemetery in Iowa City found that nearby water contained arsenic at three times the safe limit. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

19 " It’s normal to be curious about death. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

20 " Humans have struggled with this challenge before, with grim results. There are only a few climbable routes to climb to the top of Mount Everest’s 29,029-foot peak. If you die at that altitude (which almost three hundred people have done), it is dangerous for the living to attempt to bring your body down for burial or cremation. Today, dead bodies litter the climbing paths, and each year new climbers have to step over the puffy orange snowsuits and skeletonized faces of fellow climbers. "

― Caitlin Doughty , Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies