--- title: "26 Embalmed Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 26 Embalmed quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Embalmed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/blasio-kajuna-37368_love_love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears_35090.jpg" --- > [“love is loveliest when embalmed in tears”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blasio-kajuna/love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears/) [blasio kajuna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blasio-kajuna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/blasio-kajuna-37368_love_love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears_35090.jpg) > [He seemed embalmed in hatred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-morgan/he-seemed-embalmed-in-hatred/) [Ted Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/ted-morgan-49540_hate_he-seemed-embalmed-in-hatred-1808761_1808761.jpg) > [Books are embalmed minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/books-are-embalmed-minds/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/anonymous-1_book_books-are-embalmed-minds-2321185_2321185.jpg) > [“In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahir-shah/in-some-warped-way-having-an-embalmed-body-with-us-made-perfect-sense/) [Tahir Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahir-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/tahir-shah-3083_adventure_in-some-warped-way-having-an-embalmed-bo_168193.png) > [If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/if-anybody-needs-me-i-m-in-my-room-being-embalmed/) [Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/casey-stengel-2534_ifs_if-anybody-needs-me-i-m-in-my-room-being_1999489.jpg) > [“Benjamin Franklin wrote that he would like to be embalmed in a cask of Madeira”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/benjamin-franklin-wrote-that-he-would-like-to-be-embalmed-in-a-cask/) [Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/anne-fadiman-7855_benjamin-franklin_benjamin-franklin-wrote-that-he-would-li_390449.jpg) > [There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brown/there-is-a-shrine-in-the-temple-of-age-where-lie-forever-embalmed-the/) [John Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/john-brown-15897_age_there-is-a-shrine-in-the-temple-of-age-w_1669618.png) > [“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/a-good-book-is-the-precious-life-blood-of-a-master-spirit-embalmed-2/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/john-milton-191_book_a-good-book-is-the-precious-life-blood-o_2215594.png) > [Theta crashed next to them on the thick zebra-skin rug. “I’m embalmed.” “Potted and splificated?” “Ossified to the gills. Time for night-night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/theta-crashed-next-to-them-on-the-thick-zebra-skin-rug-i-m-embalmed/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/libba-bray-259_next_theta-crashed-next-to-them-on-the-thick_3005663.png) > [“When I die,' I said to my friend, 'I'm not going to be embalmed. I'm going to be dipped.' Milk chocolate or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-marcus/when-i-die-i-said-to-my-friend-i-m-not-going-to-be-embalmed-i-m-going/) [Adrianne Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-marcus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/adrianne-marcus-216518_chocolate_when-i-die-i-said-to-my-friend-i-m-not-g_1187339.jpg) > [“Her forehead was unlined in the way of the recently embalmed and her smile resembled that of someone undergoing electroshock.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/her-forehead-was-unlined-in-the-way-of-the-recently-embalmed-and-her/) [Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/dennis-lehane-1503_embalmed_her-forehead-was-unlined-in-the-way-of-t_402295.jpg) > [The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/the-risk-of-the-holocaust-is-not-that-it-will-be-forgotten-but-that/) [Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/zygmunt-bauman-1861_forgotten_the-risk-of-the-holocaust-is-not-that-it_2275662.png) > [The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-smiles/the-great-and-good-do-no-die-even-in-this-world-embalmed-in-books/) [Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-smiles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/samuel-smiles-2037_authorship_the-great-and-good-do-no-die-even-in-thi_2916098.png) > [My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity--a good strong figure. But I think itis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-boswell/my-wife-who-does-not-like-journalizing-said-it-was-leaving-myself/) [James Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-boswell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/james-boswell-7136_autobiography_my-wife-who-does-not-like-journalizing-s_2057963.jpg) > [“History that is presented only as ink-embalmed data is as a flower pressed in a book. Although the dry petals still hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-alan-smith/history-that-is-presented-only-as-ink-embalmed-data-is-as-a-flower/) [Rex Alan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-alan-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/rex-alan-smith-108799_books_history-that-is-presented-only-as-ink-em_629931.jpg) > [“Coffined thoughts around me, in mummycases, embalmed in spice of words. Thoth, god of libraries, a birdgod, moonycrowned. And I heard the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/coffined-thoughts-around-me-in-mummycases-embalmed-in-spice-of-words/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/james-joyce-281_inspirational_coffined-thoughts-around-me-in-mummycase_3051019.jpg) > [“The first impression one gets of Michael Deane is of a man constructed of wax, or perhaps prematurely embalmed. After all these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-walter/the-first-impression-one-gets-of-michael-deane-is-of-a-man/) [Jess Walter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-walter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/jess-walter-2228_first-impression_the-first-impression-one-gets-of-michael_865875.jpg) > [“The more we accustom ourselves to understanding the present in terms of memory, the unknown by the known, the living by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-wilson-watts/the-more-we-accustom-ourselves-to-understanding-the-present-in-terms/) [Alan Wilson Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-wilson-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/alan-wilson-watts-4665_fear_the-more-we-accustom-ourselves-to-unders_94095.jpg) > [Writing is eternal, For therein the dead heart liveth, the clay-cold tongue is eloquent, And the quick eye of the reader is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/writing-is-eternal-for-therein-the-dead-heart-liveth-the-clay-cold/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_books_writing-is-eternal-for-therein-the-dead_206974.jpg) > [“The obituary seemed like a washing of the body. It cleaned Steen up. The existence of the photographs, all the sordid aspects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/the-obituary-seemed-like-a-washing-of-the-body-it-cleaned-steen-up/) [Simon Brett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-brett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/simon-brett-67743_death_the-obituary-seemed-like-a-washing-of-th_1005082.png) > [I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/i-cannot-see-what-flowers-are-at-my-feet-nor-what-soft-incense-hangs/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/john-keats-620_darkness_i-cannot-see-what-flowers-are-at-my-feet_2957637.jpg) > [Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/let-no-man-despise-the-oracles-of-books-a-book-is-a-dead-man-a-sort/) [William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/william-godwin-1978_book_let-no-man-despise-the-oracles-of-books_1843939.jpg) > [“A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh, and motion, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/a-book-is-a-dead-man-a-sort-of-mummy-embowelled-and-embalmed-but-that/) [William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/william-godwin-1978_book_a-book-is-a-dead-man-a-sort-of-mummy-emb_724909.png) > [Books have always been to me like a kind of embalmed mind. The dead may be scattered, and who can find them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/books-have-always-been-to-me-like-a-kind-of-embalmed-mind-the-dead/) [Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/laurel-lea-35316_book_books-have-always-been-to-me-like-a-kind_2210190.jpg) > [One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/one-thing-about-being-successful-is-that-i-stopped-being-afraid-of/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/dustin-hoffman-4662_being-afraid_one-thing-about-being-successful-is-that_2531251.jpg) > [If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher/if-time-so-fleeting-must-like-humans-die-let-it-be-filled-with-good/) [M. F. K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/m-f-k-fisher-7947_dies_if-time-so-fleeting-must-like-humans-die_1433121.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embalmed/#itemlist", "name": "Embalmed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“love is loveliest when embalmed in tears”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "blasio kajuna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blasio-kajuna/love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/blasio-kajuna-37368_love_love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears_35090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/blasio-kajuna-37368_love_love-is-loveliest-when-embalmed-in-tears_35090.jpg", "url": 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