I don't want to die, Buddy.' She put her head on his chest. 'I know this cancer probably won't kill me. But I think about dying all the time. I dream about it. What do you think? Do I get to see Pat on the other side, or do I just lie there in the dirt forever?'.. Buddy wrapped his arms around her and drew her close. 'I think dead is dead, ' he said softly, near her ear. 'But that's not so bad. I think of it as following. Following the rest of them.. My mother and father. Your sister. Your mom. But not just them. All of them. All of us. People..Maybe it's just a way to feel less lonesome about the whole thing, but I think of dying as a path we all go down separately at first, but eventually, together. Anita Diamant
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