Charlotte Ritchie Quotes

The whole idea of death is something that we tend to kind of really not deal with at all.

Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.

I'd recommend anyone watch 'Harold and Maude,' 'cause it helps a lot with fear of death.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

Society doesn't like to deal with death, but it is a natural part of living.

I don't want to hear about my death.

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody.

Death always seems to be around me.

I don't want to die.

Most people are not ready for death, theirs or anybody elses.

There is nothing ugly about death; but man, out of his fear, has made even the word, death ugly and unutterable. People don't like to talk about it. They won't even listen to the word death.

I am death-fearing. I don't think I'm morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to me to be entirely rational to fear death!

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

Death is a fearful thing.

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow confronts us with the prospect of our own deaths, draws our own deaths closer and makes them more real and thinkable.

Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.

I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.

It is true that you can say that death is natural, but it is also natural to fight death. But if you stand up and say this is a big problem, we should do something about this, that makes people very uncomfortable, because they've made their peace with death.

I think there is, in our society, there is a growing fear of death, a fear of the circumstances in which I might die, a fear I might be over-treated or under-treated. But fear is always a bad guide. Death is part of life.

Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.