Thomas Lynch

“Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other.”

“Grief is the tax we pay on our attachments...”

“The advance of our technology is coincidental with the loss of our appetite for ethical questions that ought to attend the implications of these new powers. . . In the name of diversity, any idea is regarded as worthy as any other; any nonsense is entitled to a forum, a full hearing, and equal time.”

“There's no easy way to do this.So do it right:weep, laugh, watch, pray, love,live, give thanks and praise;comfort, mend, honor,and remember.”

“The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish.”

“Whatever’s there to feel, feel it – the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence. Get that part done – the sooner the better. The only way around these things is through them.”