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I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

— Mary Gaitskill

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.

— Christopher Marlowe

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

— Alfred Hitchcock

In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn't settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial.

— Caitlin Doughty

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

— Caitlin Doughty

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

— Benjamin Franklin

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.

— Benjamin Franklin

As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.

— Jon Porter

Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.

— Mike Schmidt

We are not programmed to bury our kids.

— Eric Holder

✗Opposing Perspectives

Not only is natural burial by far the most ecologically sound way to perish, it doubles down on the fear of fragmentation and loss of control. Making the choice to be naturally buried says, 'Not only am I aware that I'm a helpless, fragmented mass of organic matter, I celebrate it. Vive la decay!'

— Caitlin Doughty