Bitterness Quote by Abraham Verghese

“We stopped you from going, didn't we? Me and Shiva. Our birth?" Don't be silly. Can you imagine me giving up this?" he said…

— Abraham Verghese

People feel guilty enough at funerals without having more guilt heaped on. I would prefer a bighearted preacher giving my eulogy, someone inclined to…

— Philip Gulley

“They realize that no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate can remove the legacy of a mean…

— Abraham Verghese

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become…

— Hermann Broch

“Our society has tried to make death invisible, thinking that if we ignore it long enough it will go away. Often we as family…

— Megory Anderson

Family members have a personal stake in honoring and mourning their dead and objecting to unwarranted public exploitation that, by intruding upon their own…

— Anthony Kennedy

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they…

— Zig Ziglar

“Funerals, in fact, are one of the most powerful examples of collective pain. They feature in a surprising finding from my research on trust.…

— Brené Brown

Have you noticed that only death arouses our emotions? How we love thee friends who have just passed away, right? How we admire those…

— Albert Camus

“Without guidance and support for patients and families approaching death, there may be unnecessary conflict, confusion, and trauma that linger long after the passing…

— Lisa J. Shultz

“How the sadness is handled by the physician has a powerful impact on the medical care received by the patients. If the grief is…

— Danielle Ofri

For sure, the funeral industry seems intensely cynical to me and I don't think it is HELPING people mourn.

— Meghan O'Rourke