Mortality Quotes in Cutting for Stone

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Quote #10

"Ghosh, if you bury me in Gulele, I'll never forgive you," she said. Ghosh decided silence was the best strategy. "We Christians believe that in the Lord's Second Coming the dead will be raised from the grave." (2.12.53)

Even though Matron is worried about Sister Mary Joseph Praise dying far from her birthplace, we see now that she doesn't actually believe that death is the end. Her belief isn't in reincarnation, exactly, but more in resurrection. The difference is that reincarnation involves being born again as a new being, whereas resurrection means being raised from the dead as the same person.