She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.

Tove Jansson
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"Death," she thought, "is an event which we're supposed to be prepared for and accept, but what we really need is a way to talk about it which doesn't make us look so unbalanced and hysterical. I mean, I'm all for the idea of death in the abstract, but when it comes down to it, we need to be able to think about it calmly. To be able to say what you want to say about death without stammering and getting tongue-tied. A subject like this ought to be addressed by people who can keep their heads."

Source: The Summer Book

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