---
title: "2 Funerals Quotes By Thomas Lynch"
description: "2 Funerals quotes by Thomas Lynch. Plus more from Thomas Lynch and more Funerals sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png"
---

> [“There are those, too, who are ethnically predisposed in favor of funerals, who recognize among the black drapes and dirges an emotionally potent and spiritually stimulating intersection of the living and the dead. In death and its rituals, they see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-predisposed-in-favor-of/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png)

> [I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-funerals-and-the-mourning-that/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/thomas-lynch-18339_existential_i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-fu_3065161.png)

## Other authors on Funerals

- [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)
- [Shannon L. Alder 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/shannon-l-alder/)

## More by Thomas Lynch

> [“I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longing while the young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/i-had-this-theory-it-was-based-loosely-on-the-unremarkable/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“The advance of our technology is coincidental with the loss of our appetite for ethical questions that ought to attend the implications of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/the-advance-of-our-technology-is-coincidental-with-the-loss-of-our/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [Whatever’s there to feel, feel it – the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/whatever-s-there-to-feel-feel-it-the-riddance-the-relief-the-fright/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“The bodies of the newly dead are not debris nor remnant, nor are they entirely icon or essence. They are, rather, changelings, incubates, hatchlings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/the-bodies-of-the-newly-dead-are-not-debris-nor-remnant-nor-are-they/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“The living have to live with it. You don’t. Theirs is the grief or the gladness of your death, theirs is the loss or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/the-living-have-to-live-with-it-you-don-t-theirs-is-the-grief-or-the/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“When we bury the old, we bury the known past, the past we imagine sometimes better than it was, but the past all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/when-we-bury-the-old-we-bury-the-known-past-the-past-we-imagine/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [Whatever's there to feel, feel it—the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/whatever-s-there-to-feel-feel-it-the-riddance-the-relief-the-fright-2/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [... by doing you shall know What it is you have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/by-doing-you-shall-know-what-it-is-you-have-to-do/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/usually-a-poem-takes-shape-accoustically-a-line-or-a-pair-of-lines/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/if-i-were-assigned-poems-i-suppose-i-d-write-more-of-them-but-it-is/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“There are those, too, who are ethnically predisposed in favor of funerals, who recognize among the black drapes and dirges an emotionally potent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-predisposed-in-favor-of/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/i-m-lazy-but-generally-task-oriented-so-having-a-hoop-to-jump-through/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [There's no easy way to do this. So do it right: weep, laugh, watch, pray, love, live, give thanks and praise; comfort, mend, honor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/there-s-no-easy-way-to-do-this-so-do-it-right-weep-laugh-watch-pray/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/grief-is-the-price-we-pay-for-being-close-to-one-another-if-we-want/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

> [“I will, I do, Amen, Here Here, Let's eat, drink and be merry. Marriage is the public spectacle of private parts: cheque-books and genitals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/i-will-i-do-amen-here-here-let-s-eat-drink-and-be-merry-marriage-is/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Funerals Quotes By Thomas Lynch",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“There are those, too, who are ethnically predisposed in favor of funerals, who recognize among the black drapes and dirges an emotionally potent and spiritually stimulating intersection of the living and the dead. In death and its rituals, they see the leveled playing field so elusive in life. Whether we bury our dead in Wilbert Vaults, leave them in trees to be eaten by birds, burn them or beam them into space; whether choir or cantor, piper or jazz band, casket or coffin or winding sheet, ours is the species that keeps track of our dead and knows that we are always outnumbered by them.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Thomas Lynch"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-predisposed-in-favor-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There are those, too, who are ethnically predisposed in favor of funerals, who recognize among the black…” — Thomas Lynch",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Thomas Lynch"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-funerals-and-the-mourning-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/thomas-lynch-18339_existential_i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-fu_3065161.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/thomas-lynch-18339_existential_i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-fu_3065161.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/thomas-lynch-18339_existential_i-m-more-interested-in-the-meaning-of-fu_3065161.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail…” — Thomas Lynch",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/",
            "name": "Funerals Quotes by Thomas Lynch",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_there-are-those-too-who-are-ethnically-p_946752.png"
            },
            "description": "2 Funerals quotes by Thomas Lynch. Plus more from Thomas Lynch and more Funerals sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Funerals",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Thomas Lynch",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funerals/thomas-lynch/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```