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Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: We bear more than pain and sorrow when we depart life. Among the heaviest burdens is apt to be regret, which deserves a word at this point.

We bear more than pain and sorrow when we depart life. Among the heaviest burdens is apt to be regret, which deserves a word at this point.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: The dignity we seek in dying must be found in the dignity with which we have lived our lives.

The dignity we seek in dying must be found in the dignity with which we have lived our lives.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Both individual fulfillment and the ecological balance of life on this planet are best served by dying when our inherent biology decrees that we do.

Both individual fulfillment and the ecological balance of life on this planet are best served by dying when our inherent biology decrees that we do.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.

If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Though biomedical science has vastly increased mankind's average life expectancy, the maximum has not changed in verifiable recorded history.

Though biomedical science has vastly increased mankind's average life expectancy, the maximum has not changed in verifiable recorded history.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Nature will always win in the end, as it must if our species is to survive.

Nature will always win in the end, as it must if our species is to survive.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: How much of the "good death" is for the person dying and how much for the person helping him?

How much of the "good death" is for the person dying and how much for the person helping him?

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Dying begins with the first act of life.

Dying begins with the first act of life.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Though everyone may yearn for a tranquil death, the basic instinct to stay alive is a far more powerful force

Though everyone may yearn for a tranquil death, the basic instinct to stay alive is a far more powerful force

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: The very old do not succomb to disease-they implode their way into eternity. (How We Die)

The very old do not succomb to disease-they implode their way into eternity. (How We Die)

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: ... death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits.

... death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: We are not well served by being lulled into unjustified expectations.

We are not well served by being lulled into unjustified expectations.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Every life is different from any that has gone before it, and so is every death.

Every life is different from any that has gone before it, and so is every death.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Moths and flames, mankind and deaththere is little difference.

Moths and flames, mankind and death
there is little difference.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word 'bad' would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.

I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word 'bad' would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone.

I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Share your optimisms and keep your pessimisms to yourself.

Share your optimisms and keep your pessimisms to yourself.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician.

To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Though President George W. Bush made some small noises about his intention to present some form of improved health coverage, nothing grew out of them.

Though President George W. Bush made some small noises about his intention to present some form of improved health coverage, nothing grew out of them.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Death belongs to the dying and those who love them.

Death belongs to the dying and those who love them.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: The dignity we create in the time allotted to us becomes a continuum with the dignity we achieve by the altruism of accepting the necessity of death.

The dignity we create in the time allotted to us becomes a continuum with the dignity we achieve by the altruism of accepting the necessity of death.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: We have had a rewarding relationship, the belly and I.

We have had a rewarding relationship, the belly and I.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Before you conclude that your options are limited, you need evidence that you cannot do something, rather than just deciding that you cannot do it.

Before you conclude that your options are limited, you need evidence that you cannot do something, rather than just deciding that you cannot do it.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Hope can still exist even when rescue is impossible.

Hope can still exist even when rescue is impossible.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Nature is being kind without knowing it, as nature can be cruel without knowing it.

Nature is being kind without knowing it, as nature can be cruel without knowing it.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: If we cannot heal in one way, we must learn to heal in another.

If we cannot heal in one way, we must learn to heal in another.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: When we mourn, it should be the loss of love that makes us grieve, not the guilt that we did something wrong.

When we mourn, it should be the loss of love that makes us grieve, not the guilt that we did something wrong.

Sherwin B. Nuland quotes: I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail.

I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail.