"...she wished she could have gone before [her father], though she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was a harsh design, offering little relief from pain, for being in accord with it means that the fortunate find themselves orphaned."
- Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
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Amazing quote. Says a lot, and gives us a lot to think about.
What the previous commenter said.
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