the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They…

A man is not completely born until he is dead.

— Benjamin Franklin

My off-the-cuff remarks at the University of Virginia were with regard to global macro traders, who are on-call 24/7 and of whom there are…

— Paul Tudor Jones

“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way to heaven.…

— Alice Sebold

“The major fear of man is the fear of death. Death is not the end of existence, death is separation. A man doesn’t stop…

— Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“When I reflect on the stories of death supported by hospice care and contrast it with our story depicting an absence of support, I…

— Lisa J. Shultz

“Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture).”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that life itself…

— Sheila Heti

“Two weeks. Everything you love, own, and cherish, can be gone, liquidated, and lost forever in two weeks. Give or take a day.”

— J. Lincoln Fenn

“Whenever something scary happens or I want to comment on something, like Joyce and Hopper’s constant bickering, which is getting annoying, I glance toward…

— Alexandra Latos

“The world didn't end with a whimper or a bang. Your life finished in complete silence. Gone in a blink. And then there was…

— F.K. Preston

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”

— Madeline Miller

“Lay down Your tired & weary head my friend. We have wept too long Night is falling And you are only sleeping We have…

— José N. Harris

Even the rich aren't often happy. Their wealth is at best only a temporary distraction. It doesn't make them immune to emotional and mental…

— Frederick Lenz

Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“A four foot box, a foot for every year.”

— Seamus Heaney