Agony Quote by Anonymous

“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

“I buried my grief for my son, not my memories, but my grief.”

— Deborah Smith

“There had never been a funeral in our town before, at least not during our lifetimes. The majority of dying had happened during the…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“The loss of an only child is the worst pain anyone can endure. After all, what do our parents live for? With thee best…

— Durjoy Datta

“The death of a parent, he wrote, 'Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise…

— Joan Didion

“At the end of a lifetime’s worth of lights and nights, it seemed that family was really the only important thing there was. And…

— David Baldacci

Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who…

— George W. Bush

Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only…

— George W. Bush

I'll never forget the first time I saw someone who had died. It was my grandfather. And I knelt next to his coffin. And…

— Rick Santorum

“We mourn for the dead, but it's a selfish act. It may be a tragedy that so many young lives are lost to us,…

— Jenny Penn

I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had to go…

— Alan J. Heeger

Go to a nearby military cemetery and look at the American flags stuck on each grave and think of the person buried there who…

— Cindy Sheehan