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Jessica Mitford
(American Journalist)

Nationality:: American
Quote count:: 7
Times favorited:: 2

The Hon. Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford , British-born writer long resident in the United States, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, a member of the Communist Party for some years, and best-known for her book attacking the funeral industry, The American Way of Death.

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“O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? Where, indeed? Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative's funeral, has ruefully conceded that the victory has been won hands down by the funeral establishment . . .”

Jessica Mitford

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“Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.”

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“I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.”

Jessica Mitford

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“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”

Jessica Mitford

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“Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'”

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“In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from the ever-watchful media, and may or may not eventually filter down to the poor.”

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“Walking through the streets of New Haven (Conn.) with William Sloane Coffin Jr. is like being in a movie about a small-town folk hero. People come up to shake his hand, students run after him with urgent questions, old folks stop their cars to call out, 'Good luck Bill!' and 'Howdy, Reverend.”

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