Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
Rachel CorrieRead
Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote contrasts the fear of death with the idea of freedom, using an evocative metaphor of comforting smells.
Rachel Corrie's quote uses the metaphor of 'homemade apple sauce' to suggest that death can be perceived not as a frightening end, but as a release from suffering and confinement. By confronting the typical associations of death with fear, she instead presents it as something familiar and comforting, embodying a sense of liberation from life's burdens.
Themes
DeathFreedomFearLifeMetaphor
In practice
Example use cases
In a eulogy, you might use this quote to highlight the beauty and freedom that can come from letting go of life.
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