Next week Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“I wrote something for my local newspaper, but nobody read it because it got buried in the obituary section.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I want to leave behind something worth more than obituary posters when I am gone.”

— Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

“I used to read the obituaries to gloat over all the people I've outlived, but now I don't think it matters, we all live…

— Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold

“(Perhaps we all should be so lucky to read our own obituaries…)”

— Sam Kean

“More than half of the obituaries are that of delight.”

— Mantaranjot Mangat

“In a belated moment of inspiration, I decided to finish it with the announcement that with this column I was bringing to a happy…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“If we were honest about it, our lives are all fiascoes. There really isn’t anything of importance except maybe who gets handed your heart…

— Tom McNeal

In the morning, I get the paper. I look in the obituary column. If I don't see myself in there, I get up.

— Melvin Van Peebles

“I’m afraid it’s true. Look, why don’t you go see if the story’s in your paper, then call me back. The funeral’s gonna be…

— Lee Hanson

“A funeral can go on for weeks, because few events in life are a better opportunity to tell stories.”

— Fredrik Backman

Until today, you may not have realized that your life provides the content of your obituary. Just for today, examine your life. Think about…

— Iyanla Vanzant

“If you think a lot, write a book, Because a gravestone does not have much space.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller