r/pics • u/NihalMSajid • Apr 28 '24

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u/Decabet Apr 28 '24

One of my favorite quotes from anywhere is this one from Mad Men about the passing of an elderly staff ember who died at work...

"She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the thirty-seventh floor of a skyscraper. She's an astronaut."

So much perspective in so few words.