Church service Quote by Abraham Verghese

“...no money, no church service, no eulogy,no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit." p 354”

— Abraham Verghese

“It is absurd and ridiculous, sometimes, the things that are said at funerals. The deceased have been promised celestial life and eternal life and…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.”

— J.A. Jance

“Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than about comforting the people they leave behind.”

— Rin Chupeco

“I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies performed for me after my death. I do not…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Who am I to decide what someone should or shouldn’t do? People skip funerals and memorials all the time, for all sorts of reasons.…

— Elle Kennedy

“Funerals are for the living, not for the dead.”

— Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

“The dead, Your Honor, do not agonize over their crimes and do not long to be happy, as you know. If from time to…

— Hassan Blasim

“Nothing could assuage the secular grief that was your heritage.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Funerals aren't for dead people. They're for the living.”

— Angie Thomas

“the eyes of my generation, the only people who still wore suits on the weekend were ministers and undertakers. And let’s face it—when people…

— McMillian Moody

“I used to think that if I could talk to the spirit world, I'd get some answers. Ha bloody ha. I wish the dead…

— Eden Robinson