I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are just conventional. I hope they are true whenever I read it of someone. [But] I would rather be awake. Peacefully awake, brim full of some calming drug that was seeing me out of the door, having said my farewells.
![I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are just conventional. I hope they are true whenever I read it of someone. [But] I would rather be awake.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/ian-mcewan/i-read-in-announcements-of-deaths-peacefully-in-his-sleep-and-i-wonder-how-many-of-those-are-true-maybe.jpg)