Catholicism Quote by Gabriel García Márquez

“She had not died there. A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy…

— E.M. Forster

“Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.”

— Richard J. Borden

“She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. When…

— John Steinbeck

“...she acknowledged each person's nearness to the dead and helped the group in its struggle for order-who grieved most, whose pain was most real-because…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

“True religion is not a meditation on death, but a meditation on life.”

— Anonymous

“Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favour of the deceased... There is a great charity always to the dead.”

— Agatha Christie

“She was a dedicated churchgoer, devoted do-gooder, and throbbing artery of village gossip. She sharpened her tongue on the loose lives of others and…

— Christina McKenna

“For me, death is the one appalling fact which defines life; unless you are constantly aware of it, you cannot begin to understand what…

— Julian Barnes

“Death had been more pitiful to them than longer life would have been. It had taken the one in the loyalty of love, and…

— Marie Louise de la Ramée

“Death is her name, Who walks in her garden of fame, And plucks flowers for her lock, Which has the power to ride a…

— Vinod Varghese Antony

“Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favour of the deceased.”

— Agatha Christie

“she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore…

— Terry Pratchett