"The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill."
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist and author who helped pioneer modern hospice and end-of-life studies. She is widely associated with the five stages model of grief presented in On Death and Dying.