All Life Is Based On Death. Nothing Exists Except By Feeding On Something Else.

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All life is based on death. Nothing exists except by feeding on something else.
Even photosynthesis depends on the heat-death of the sun. Humanity is not
exempt. Embalming doesn't cheat the worms, it cheats the system. But only
temporarily.
-- Solomon Short

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