“I find the dead easier to be around than the dying. They are not in pain, not afraid of death. There are no awkward silences and conversations that dance around the obvious. They aren’t scary... Cadavers, once you get used to them – and you do that quite fast – are surprisingly easy to be around.”

“I find the dead easier to be around than the dying. They are not in pain, not afraid of death. There are no awkward silences and conversations that dance around the obvious. They aren’t scary... Cadavers, once you get used to them – and you do that quite fast – are surprisingly easy to be around.”

— Mary Roach