Funerals Quotes

140 quotes by 126 authors

Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy… — Regina Brett
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct… — Voltaire
I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly. — Mark Twain
How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? — Jodi Picoult
There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smell. — Haruki Murakami
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up… — Vikram Seth
Dear America, I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana...You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat… — Chris Rose
They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and… — Arundhati Roy
He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and… — Albert Camus
Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to… — Judith McNaught
Iâ€™m the god of funerals. I know every death custom in the worldâ€”how to die properly, how to prepare the body and soul for the… — Rick Riordan
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless… — Ann-Marie MacDonald
White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals," Luke explained. â€œ But for mundanes, Jace, itâ€™ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to… — Cassandra Clare
My parents would frisk me before family events. Before weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, and what have you. Because if they didn't, then the book would… — Neil Gaiman
I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodded at every word. Funerals, I had decided, are… — John Green
Funerals...are for the living. — John Green
You have your wonderful memories," people said later, as if memories were solace. Memories are not. Memories are by definition of times past, things gone.… — Joan Didion
I could remember the details as if it had happened yesterday, even though it was hard to believe some of it had happened at all.… — Kami Garcia
Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew… — Barry Lyga

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