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title: "11 Like Coffin Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-jay/i-d-like-my-coffin-to-be-a-camera-obscura-so-i-can-see-what-s-going/)

[Bill Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-jay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/bill-jay-14930_camera-obscura_i-d-like-my-coffin-to-be-a-camera-obscur_3104915.jpg)

> [“Locked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/locked-in-darkness-that-surrounded-me-like-a-coffin-i-had-nothing-to/)

[Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/maria-v-snyder-1261_coffin_locked-in-darkness-that-surrounded-me-li_2339734.png)

> [“But they had remained closed, like a coffin on his heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-rice/but-they-had-remained-closed-like-a-coffin-on-his-heart/)

[Morgan Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/morgan-rice-12515_coffin_but-they-had-remained-closed-like-a-coff_3016683.jpg)

> [Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is like another nail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-simpson/marriage-is-like-a-coffin-and-each-kid-is-like-another-nail/)

[Homer Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-simpson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/homer-simpson-13875_coffin_marriage-is-like-a-coffin-and-each-kid-i_16987.jpg)

> [“Talking, talking, spinning like a spell, pale skin of words that closes me in like a coffin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/talking-talking-spinning-like-a-spell-pale-skin-of-words-that-closes/)

[John Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/john-gardner-3092_coffin_talking-talking-spinning-like-a-spell-pa_2230203.png)

> [“You see, Marriage is like a Coffin, and each Kid is another Nail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-groening/you-see-marriage-is-like-a-coffin-and-each-kid-is-another-nail/)

[Matt Groening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-groening/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/matt-groening-1946_coffin_you-see-marriage-is-like-a-coffin-and-ea_2840839.png)

> [Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can't get out of it on your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-ditlevsen/childhood-is-long-and-narrow-like-a-coffin-and-you-can-t-get-out-of/)

[Tove Ditlevsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-ditlevsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/tove-ditlevsen-48825_childhood_childhood-is-long-and-narrow-like-a-coff_116260.png)

> [I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-m-not-grace-that-album-is-like-a-brick-onto-itself-it-s-like-a/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/jeff-buckley-2831_feelings_i-m-not-grace-that-album-is-like-a-brick_1938312.jpg)

> [“Facebook without friends is like a hospital with no relative and a few medical attendants to ask about you at scheduled time..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himmilicious/facebook-without-friends-is-like-a-hospital-with-no-relative-and-a/)

[Himmilicious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himmilicious/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/himmilicious-4533_facebook_facebook-without-friends-is-like-a-hospi_226519.jpg)

> [Yeah, racist people look at me like I'm a martian, Check the card, yeah my money lookin dark skinned, Tell the bank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chamillionaire/yeah-racist-people-look-at-me-like-i-m-a-martian-check-the-card-yeah/)

[Chamillionaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chamillionaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/chamillionaire-2538_dark-skin_yeah-racist-people-look-at-me-like-i-m-a_2636504.png)

> [“And when I die all the memories of my own life will go to the grave with me, God willing, and Dick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/and-when-i-die-all-the-memories-of-my-own-life-will-go-to-the-grave/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/sebastian-faulks-2661_children_and-when-i-die-all-the-memories-of-my-ow_1270236.jpg)

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