![I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are just conventional. I hope they are true whenever I read it of someone. [But] I would rather be awake. Peacefully awake, brim full of some calming drug that was seeing me out of the door, having said my farewells.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-read-in-announcements-of-deaths-peacefully-in-his-sleep-and-i-wonder-how-many.jpg)
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