Coffin Quotes

174 Coffin quotes by 152 unique authors

i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol… — E E Cummings
If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, â€˜When youâ€™re readyâ€™. — David Mitchell
Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath, I am slain by a fair cruel… — William Shakespeare
Like a church bell, a coffin, and a vat of melted chocolate, a supply closet is rarely a comfortable place to hide. — Daniel Handler
Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1)… — David Letterman
Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Think of the glory. Think of your reputation. Think how great it'll look on your next resume." On my cenotaph, you mean. Nobody will be… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about… — Charles Dickens
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tyler lies back and asks, "If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing?" I say, goodnight. The headliner hangs down in… — Chuck Palahniuk
We all have two lives: The true, the one we dreamed of in childhood And go on dreaming of as adults in a substratum of… — Fernando Pessoa
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
Whenever I canâ€™t sleep, I like to lie in the darkness and pretend Iâ€™ve been assassinated. Iâ€™ve found this is the best way to get… — Chuck Klosterman
They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm… — Toni Morrison
A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death… — Jerry Seinfeld
The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison,… — Charles Dickens
Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves. All human destiny is this dilemma. This dilemma, destruction or salvation, no fate proposes… — Victor Hugo
I don't think we have all the words in a single vocabulary to explain what we are or why we are. I don't think we… — Alexandra Fuller
People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die,"… — Sue Monk Kidd
If Marilyn Monroe was alive right now, what would she be doing?' Clawing at the roof of her coffin. — Chuck Palahniuk

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