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Date Posted: Thu, March 30 2023, 4:18:10
Author: Cait
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, March 30th 2023

The following quotation is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 1992 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 37, Holyrood:

I let the lid of the small chest fall shut and rested my hands on top of it. So he didn't mean to waste away in a drugged state, leaving the leadership of the clan uncertain. And if it were not a temporary oblivion he sought from me, what else? A permanent one, perhaps. I knew Colum Mackenzie. And the clear, ruthless mind that had planned Geillis Duncan's destruction would not hesitate over his own.

Now it was clear. He had come to see Charles Stuart, to make the final decision whether to commit the MacKenzie's of Leoch to the Jacobite cause. Once committed, it would be Dougal who led the clan. And then...

"I was under the impression that suicide was considered a mortal sin," I said.

"I imagine it is," he said, undisturbed. "A sin of pride, at least, that I should choose a clean death at the time of my own devising, as best suits my purpose. I don't, however, expect to suffer unduly for my sin, having put no credence in the existence of God since I was nineteen or so."

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[> All of the rights and wrongs, what is considered a sin, being able to die with dignity - Diana explores so many things that matter but does it in a way that makes me think about it so much deeper. So many gray areas that are hard to decide. -- Kathy in PA, Thu, March 30 2023, 13:46:09


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[> [> Choosing how to die -- it's a difficult question. Is it suicide or death with dignity? Either way, your dead and others are left to grieve and deal with what you've left behind. -- kgp, Fri, March 31 2023, 7:53:33


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[> [> [> And hopefully if you can make that choice you don’t leave a mess for your loved ones to deal with, besides their grief. I recently had a friend tell me her two daughters are totally opposed in their opinion of burial or cremation. She says she’ll let them fight it out when she goes. I said that’s horrible! Don’t leave them to have that fight! You decide what you want. Column had to set things right first as best he could. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, March 31 2023, 13:58:41


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[> [> [> [> My FIL had his burial arranged and paid for before he passed. It was an unexpected gift to his family. -- kgp, Sun, April 02 2023, 19:15:11


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