Away Quote by Ann Hood

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

“When Mom and Dad die, they’re taken care of by strangers in a nursing home two towns over. The kids don’t have to see…

— Barry Eisler

I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe.

— Jandy Nelson

“When we bury the old, we bury the known past, the past we imagine sometimes better than it was, but the past all the…

— Thomas Lynch

“There's no sadder sight than that of a child's coffin.”

— Aaron Dries

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning…

— Wendy Webb

As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that…

— Sam Harris

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread…

— Anonymous

We had a death pact, and I have to keep my half of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my…

— Sid Vicious

When my dad passed away, I was under a lot of stress with planning a funeral, trying to pick out just the right flowers…

— Natalya Neidhart

“Death does that:It makes everyone feel sentimental when in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón