Mary RoachMany people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.
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Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is. This quote is about how people are often too busy to appreciate what they have in life, because many of the things on which they are concentrating are not really that important.
It might be that they are too busy looking for something that will give them more meaning in life. When they come across this quote, they may see it as an insult. But it isn’t, it’s just a reminder to them of how short life really is.
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