Happiness Quote by Colm Tóibín

“... he had understood that memory was a place, a real place that one could visit, and that to spend a few moments among…

— Paul Auster

“He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave, and it was not much better because he had always known that…

— George Orwell

“So we are drawn to graveyards, where we can be close to the dead and ponder their fate as well as our own.”

— Julia Scheeres

“I thought maybe we mourned not only for the dead but also for the living. We felt their absence before we knew for sure…

— Vaddey Ratner

“He was in his coffin, ready to be buried, and yet he knew that he wasn’t dead.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“There’s something special about visiting a graveyard. Both life and death meet together in time.”

— Eric Overby

“And now I am sitting in the graveyard, staring at two headstones, and feeling good and bad at the same time. The way we…

— Julene Bair

“When I lived here and woke up from the fog in my head, I would walk by myself to the grave site set aside…

— Kyung-Sook Shin

“The dead has always been within us, its just the graveyard where we lay to rest.”

— Anthony Liccione

“I want to fill my mind with life-enhancing, positive, beautiful memories. The dark experiences can remain buried without a funeral.”

— Alexandra Stoddard

“All I know about this fine, sweaty life, my own or anyone else’s, is that in a little while I’ll rise up and leave…

— Raymond Carver

“And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead?”

— Truman Capote