Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
We are buried when we're born. The world is a place of graves occupied and graves potential. Life is what happens while… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Funeralese has had its ups and downs. The word 'morticians,' first used in Embalmers Monthly for February, 1895, was barred by the… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
My stay in Camp Betty was the longest I'd been without drink or drugs in my adult life. [...] At first, they… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
There was something about clowns that was worse than zombies. (Or maybe something that was the same. When you see a zombie,… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
The noblest lord is ushered in By the practicing physician, And the humblest lout is ushered out By a certified mortician. And… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
MGM bores me when I see them, but I don't see them much. They have been a help in getting me introductions… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“To confront death every day, to see it yourself, you have to love the living.” — Judy Melinek Copy Share Image
