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“Tombstones covered the dale, the smooth marble surfaces bright. She had spent days here as a teenager, though not out of any awareness of…

— Thomm Quackenbush

“Let the grave mound grow a little grass, I always say; then it’s safe to look.”

— John Irving

“Death was everywhere. Death was everything. Career. Desire. Dream. Poetry. Love. Youth itself. Dying became just another way of living. Graveyards sprang up in…

— Arundhati Roy

“Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.”

— Marina Nemat

“This is a grave. There is no honor here in broken tools and old bones, only in the deeds of our children.”

— Mike Mignola

“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”

— David Foster Wallace

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

— Shannon Alder

“Habits, places and faces grew into you over time, like tree roots burrowing into stone work.”

— Frances Hardinge

“We shove the dirt over the book, tamping down the disturbed soil. The grass will grow back soon enough. It will be for us…

— John Green

“His face was a ghost story: graveyard eyes, cheekbones as sharp as urban legends, a sealed-coffin mouth.”

— Allyse Near

“When I look at these stiffs by the fire, I am looking at a graveyard. There is hardly room to move between the tombstones.…

— Tom Kromer