Burial Quote by Hudson Stuck

“Enormous cemeteries existed among sedentary civilizations, where the weight of the past grew larger than any present time.”

— Vernor Vinge

“O great King of kings, a man can possess only so much of the earth’s surface as this, the extent that one steps on.…

— Ashwin Sanghi

“When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful,…

— Joseph Addison

“The most buried treasures lie in the cemetery. There lies buried the dreams that never came true, the goals that were never reached, the…

— John E. DeJesus

“I am deeper in death at this moment than if the weight of an earthly grave lay heavy upon me!”

— Bram Stoker

“I buried the past in a shallow, unmarked grave but it does not rest in peace. It demands to be named and honored.”

— D.C. Hubbard

“And now that we have returned to the desultory life of the plain, let us endeavor to import a little of that mountain grandeur…

— Henry David Thoreau

“When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful,…

— Joseph Addison

“Many things are found hidden beneath the ground. Men and kings and ancient warriors and the weapons they forged. All are eventually buried.”

— Brian Lee Durfee

“A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [ Alexander's tombstone epitaph ]”

— Alexander the Great

“Therefore a man should examine for himself the great piles of superimposed strata, and watch the rivulets bringing down mud, and the waves wearing…

— Charles Darwin

“There in that land of mine is buried the first good half of my life and more. It is as though half of me…

— Pearl S. Buck