Mourners Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

All who ask receive, those who seek find, and to those who knock it shall be opened. Therefore, let us knock at the beautiful garden… — John of Damascus
Any place, then, can become a cemetery. All it takes is your body. It's not fair, I think, and I get this petulant wish for… — Karen Russell
The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is… — J.R. Miller
CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager. — Ambrose Bierce
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true — Horace
'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars… — Zhuangzi
Even the death of Friends will inspire us as much as their lives. They will leave consolation to the mourners, as the rich leave money… — Henry David Thoreau
I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in… — Robert Tappan Morris
I felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro kept treading, treading till I felt that sense was breaking through. And when… — Andrew Solomon
Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them… — Elizabeth Chase Allen
Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say. — Karl Shapiro
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring… — Wystan Hugh Auden
And alien tears will fill for him pity's long broken urn. For his mourners will all be outcast men, and outcasts always mourn. — Oscar Wilde
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving mourners be, Looking… — William Shakespeare
I know when dark-haired evening put on her bright silk at sunset, and, folding the sea sidled under the sheet with her starry laugh, that… — Derek Walcott
He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… — Hermann Hesse
Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things - naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror - are too terrible to really grasp… — Donna Tartt
The funeral is a quiet one, despite the number of mourners present. There are no sobs or flailing handkerchiefs. There is a smattering of color… — Erin Morgenstern
I did some research on this a couple years ago," Augustus continued. "I was wondering if everybody could be remembered. Like, if we got organized,… — John Green
A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves — German Proverb

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