Death Quote by Heather Lende

“The remembrance of death is the beginning of a purposeful life”

— Sesan Kareem

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

— Aaron Eckhart

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning…

— Wendy Webb

“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.”

— J.A. Jance

Funerals should celebrate a life.

— Gavin Esler

“Stories are told at festive, joyful gatherings, but the ones narrated at funerals are special because they reaffirm existence, of the listeners and the…

— Janice Pariat

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

“I decided, then, that funerals are for the living”

— John Green

“We care about the dead. We try with our lives to honor theirs. That’s how we make our lives meaningful, and how we make…

— John Green

“But mortification - literally, "making death" - is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald