life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life and death are not small or temporary parts of existence but major realities.
- In plain terms
- Life and death are complete, not just sections of a story.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat life and death as whole experiences.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you view death?
- Is life a story or a whole?
Another view
The metaphor may oversimplify complex views of death.
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