Leisure without literature is death, or rather the burial of a living man -Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Andrei rested on a bench directly in front of a grave that belonged to: 'A father, hard worker, and beloved friend.' He… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“When people die they are sometimes put into coffins, which means that they don't mix with the earth for a very long… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Ah, this delicious night air,' she said, luxuriously sniffing in the coolness. 'Night air and gardening are the great tonics. There is… — E.F. Benson Copy Share Image
“Death is not easily escaped, try it who will; but every living soul among the children of men dwelling upon the earth… — Unknown Christian Copy Share Image
“Pa said, "Won't you say a few words? Ain't none of our folks ever been buried without a few words." Connie led… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“He that looks for urns and old sepulchral relicks, must not seek them in the ruins of temples, where no religion anciently… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Let us clear a little space, And make Love a burial-place. He is dead, dear, as you see, And he wearies you… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
“Don't cry for the dead, for the dead is deaf, dumb, blind, lame, unemotional and dead.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Everything is drive-through. In California, they even have a burial service called Jump-In-The-Box. — Wil Shriner Copy Share Image
Death is not rare, alas! nor burials few, And soon the grassy coverlet of God Spreads equal green above their ashes pale. — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Rumour has it that the gardens of natural history museums are used for surreptitious burial of those intermediate forms between species which… — David Lack Copy Share Image
“Have you ever wondered why we bury and cremate our dead? Nothing to do with hygiene, it’s just so we don’t have… — Cliff James Copy Share Image
“Would people be excited about your departure from the earth or they would wish you should come back again and again if… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner. — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
