Mildred Armstrong KalishThere was a saying in our family that no one ever died; people just dried up, were hung on a hook, and conducted their affairs from there.
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When you think of death, this quote makes you think of it as a place, not a person. It is a lack of life, but not the total lack of life. The most common definition of death is the state of being dead, but this quote goes further by saying that people are dead without being hanged on a hook. They are no longer living, but they still have their affairs to conduct from there.
Source: Little Heathens: Hard Times And High Spirits On An Iowa Farm During The Great Depression
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