Gravestone Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.' — Jesse Ventura
Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for… — Vladimir Nabokov
People are curious. A few people are. ... They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You see them going… — Alice Munro
I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and… — Anne Lamott
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope. In… — Margaret Atwood
The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones. — Emile Zola
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone â€”â€˜I didnâ€™t mean to… — Patricia Briggs
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there… — Eoin Colfer
...if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired." I require lots of work. — Beth Moore
What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention?… — Eckhart Tolle
If we had happy endings, weâ€™d all be under gravestones now. — Stephenie Meyer
If privacy had a gravestone it might read: 'Don't Worry. This Was for Your Own Good. — John Twelve Hawks
Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold,… — George R. R. Martin
Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending - but which of ours does? If we had happy endings,… — Stephenie Meyer
When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing she had ever… — Dan Wells
Ivan had contrived somehow in the dark of night to replace every watermelon in the watermelon patch with a gravestone, and every gravestone in the… — Kristin Cashore
The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. — Dan Wells
I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a dad, it would… — Patrick Stump
When I die my gravestone is going to have a Like button. — Badbitch
(Written on gravestone) Stand here a foot and cast an eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now, You shall… — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Gravestone Quotes

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