Friendship Quote by Henri Cole

“She'd bottled herself up like a person already cremated.”

— Bette Lee Crosby

“I felt, by turns, numb, hot with a monstrous embarrassment, and sick as though I'd eaten splinters of glass and was slowly shredding inside.”

— Vanora Bennett

“She tried to compose herself then, with several deep breaths. I gave her as long as she needed, all the while mentally designing my…

— Lia Habel

“she delighted in being of the same substance as them, and in knowing that when she died her flesh would nourish other lives as…

— Phillip Pullman

“They were a sorry-looking bunch. Their clothes were in tatters. Their flesh was ripped. They were filthy beyond filth. For once, they looked like…

— Maggie LaCroix

“I felt limp and betrayed, like the skin shed by a terrible animal. It was a relief to be free of the animal, but…

— Sylvia Plath

“My heart, as I closed the cabinet and rose to my feet, was a small dead creature. If I could bury it in the…

— Lauren Myracle

“I want to be cremated. And I want my ashes spread over the lake, so I’m always with you, hangin’ around, silently judgin’ you.”

— Molly Harper

“In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.”

— Tahir Shah

“I remember my mother telling me earlier that we are nothing more than our stories. I look at the masses of dead flesh, at…

— Carrie Ryan

“Dead or not, he must taste my Sarah's ashes.”

— Paul B. Janeczko

“...but he was incapable of shame.He had no conscience or soul.No heart, either.That has broken and died years ago.The leftover pieces had petrified in…

— Charlotte Featherstone