Elizabeth Kastor (May 6, 1987) "The Jokers Take Heart - Pundits Ponder The Implications", The Washington Post, p. B1.
“nothing says 'I love you' like reducing yourself to a smoldering pile of ashes”
“The idea had spread like wildfire …. like a moral plague, as one critic of the time had put it.”
Source: A Gift From Earth (1968), Ch. 7 : The Bleeding Heart
Context: There were organ banks all over the world, inadequately supplied by people kind enough to will their bodies to medical science.
How useful is the body of a man who dies of old age? How fast can you reach a car accident? And in 2043, Arkansas, which had never rescinded the death penalty, made the organ banks the official state method of execution.
The idea had spread like wildfire.... like a moral plague, as one critic of the time had put it.
You'll Accomp'ny Me.
Song lyrics, Against the Wind (1980)
Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Source: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 17 (p. 143)
Source: Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008), Ch. 2 (p. 37)
