Life cannot be cut off quickly. One cannot be dead until the things he changed are dead. His effect is the only evidence of his life. While there remains even a plaintive memory, a person cannot be cut off, dead. And he thought, โItโs a long slow process for a human to die. We kill a cow, and it is dead as soon as the meat is eaten, but a manโs life dies as a commotion in a still pool dies, in little waves, spreading and growing back toward stillness.
John Steinbeckfor how can you remember the feel of pleasure or pain or choking emotion? You can remember only that you had them.
John SteinbeckIt was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane.
John Steinbeck