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Going around not fully believing that you're going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you're making.

~Caitlin Doughty

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One of the things that was most shocking to me about starting to work in the funeral industry is just how industrial the environment is.

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Topics: About Environment Funeral How Industrial Industry Just Me Most One Of The Things Shocking Starting Things Work

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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.

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Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind.

~Caitlin Doughty

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Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.

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The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die?

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Away Been Caring Changes Dead Die Funeral Grieving Home Married Moment Our Ourselves Relationship Someone Take Them Why Would Years You

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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Bed Century Choice Concept Die Dying Environment Family Friends Friends And Family Given Had Home Hospital Late New Nothing People Person Relatively Reserved Sanitary Surrounded Wanted Who 19Th Century

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I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.

~Caitlin Doughty

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Because we've never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Assume Because Body Cultural Encountered Fascination Get Never No Wonder Only Out Us Wonder Zombies

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Vaults and caskets are not the law; they are the policy of individual cemeteries. Vaults prevent the settling of the dirt around the body, thus making landscaping more uniform and cost effective. As an added bonus, vaults can be customized and sold at a markup. Faux marble? Bronze? Take your pick, family.

~Caitlin Doughty

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: August 19th, 1984

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