Since there are at least fourteen dead people for every one of us, we who are alive now make up about 6.8 percent of all people who have entered the world to date. This is not a meaningful figure.
— Annie Dillard, For the Time BeingSince there are at least fourteen dead people for every one of us, we who are alive now make up about 6.8 percent of all people who have entered the world to date. This is not a meaningful figure.
— Annie Dillard, For the Time Being