Olga Jacoby

As Olga Jacoby’s life approached its end she wrote powerful letters, published as ‘Words in Pain’. She died in 1913, aged 38, leaving 4 young children.

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These gems from Olga Jacoby.

[Benet Catty @benet_catty]

Dazzling review for the wondrous Words in Pain, still available on Amazon and from all good book-sellers.

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Thanks to @brainpicker for this heartwarming commentary: “These are more than letters — they are symphonies of thought, miniature manifestos for reason and humanism, poetic odes to the glory of living and the dignity of dying in full assent to reality.” https://t.co/ZgRjhU8q33

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

As she faced the end of life, Olga Jacoby wrote: « Know that Death is not bad; it is we who make it so, and it is in our power to look at it calmly and even joyfully » Nothing to fear. #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek @DyingMatters #DepartureLounge @acmedsci #death

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

« Happiness is a strange thing. It crosses our path when we do not seek it, and those whose object in life is to find it pass it by unnoticed. » #Happiness Tomorrow hear the captivating @BethEyre as the voice of Olga: https://t.co/bailWRaIwp @DulwichFestival @BellHouseNews

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

@rituals_today You’re not wrong! A fave quotation, among countless others: « ...regretting never brings back the past, it only hampers the present and the future. » Olga’s right, of course. #neverregret #jeneregretterien #WordsInPain @emma_darwin @DulwichFestival @BellHouseNews @dulwichonview

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Come to our event @DulwichFestival on Monday @BellHouseNews to hear the magnificent @BethEyre read Olga’s powerful letters...still a few tix left https://t.co/bailWRaIwp Plus - a new revelation about #DoctorWho

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

“The book is an epistolary gem — intellectually curious, lucid and literary...a window into Edwardian family life shaped by a powerfully progressive mother confined to her bath chair” Thanks @JewishChron https://t.co/bQK6qsaeSc… #WordsInPain #endoflife #righttodie

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

« The book is an epistolary gem — intellectually curious, lucid and literary...a window into Edwardian family life shaped by a powerfully progressive mother confined to her bath chair » Thanks @JewishChron https://t.co/cJZKLQ7pp9 #WordsInPain #endoflife #righttodie

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Olga Jacoby bravely facing #death - with her positive take on achieving #immortality #endoflife #righttodie #mydeathmydecision @AGoodDeath

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Insightful review of Words in Pain from The Riverside Bookshop https://t.co/iEedHFpDaQ One reader says: ‘I realise Olga has become a very real presence in my life and I feel she has a life that you enabled to exist.’ @WomenWriters

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Thomas #Huxley described himself #agnostic. Reading his Life and Letters, Olga Jacoby wrote amusingly [graphic] about his ideas, which she followed. A piece from @americnhumanist suggests 'agnostic' was really just a Victorian posh term for 'atheist' https://t.co/U3bNMVnu23.

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

On #HappinessDay: “I feel like shouting to each and all...” [graphic] #InternationalHappinessDay #WorldHappinessDay @RealRavs @kjnorbury @jimalkhalili @sanditoksvig @ShappiKhorsandi @andrewcopson

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

@RealRavs @HappyHumanistUK @Sallyjoagain @WomenWriters Thank you for this moving piece

[Ravinder Randhawa @RealRavs]

"For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain." #love #humanity @HappyHumanistUK @WordsInPain @Sallyjoagain @WomenWriters https://t.co/ltLE8girip

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

The early C20th rationalist Olga Jacoby, who called herself agnostic, had firm ideas about educating children and allowing them to make up their own minds...an idea that resonates a century later [graphic] #rationalism #humanism @alomshaha @jimalkhalili @theAliceRoberts

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

@kjnorbury @BethEyre Will definitely investigate, getting e-book sorted pro tem.

[Jocelyn Catty @Jocelyn94337237]

@OxLifeWriting Delighted to be coming to talk to you soon about Words in Pain: Letters on Life and Death by Olga Jacoby, out now. Listen here to recordings by Beth Eyre - https://t.co/JYL8dzW2MD @Jocelyn94337237 @WordsInPain @BethEyre

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

Delighted to see #WordsInPain on sale at @bookshopdulwich - beautiful readings by the magnificent @BethEyre here https://t.co/k0G8XEkBLR

[Olga Jacoby @WordsInPain]

At the launch of #WordsInPain last night, Olga’s portrait was returned to its rightful place at the heart of her extended family @jocelyn94337237