To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand …

- Edwin S. Shneidman

There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in which the hand of the way of dying…

- Edwin S. Shneidman

Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.

- Edwin S. Shneidman

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to co…

- Edwin S. Shneidman

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have.

- Edwin S. Shneidman

Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment.

- Edwin S. Shneidman

Death--some form of termination--is the universal ending of all living things; but only man, by virtue of his verbally reportable introspective life,…

- Edwin S. Shneidman