Quote by August Westman

There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living.

— Washington Irving

“So we are drawn to graveyards, where we can be close to the dead and ponder their fate as well as our own.”

— Julia Scheeres

“remember, some souls are purely magical, others are just the mystifying reflections of the real thing”

— Anonymous

It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that, when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness or affectionate…

— Charles Dickens

“People have rituals for communing with the dead, rituals that depend more on the idiosyncrasies of the individual than on the influence of culture.…

— Barry Eisler

“The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.”

— Sabrina Jeffries

“So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –”

— Simona Panova

“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

As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical.

— Tina Turner

“Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and then ask the ghosts if honor matters”

— Javik

“And as for my soul-- I saw black fire sweeping the village, heard the anguished screams. What use would I have for a soul,…

— Heather Fawcett

How we keep these dead souls in our hearts. Each one of us carries within himself his necropolis.

— Gustave Flaubert