Bother Quote by Jandy Nelson

“As I walk through the redwood trees, my sneakers sopping up days of rain, I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes,…

— Jandy Nelson

Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave.

— Lord Byron

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And…

— Jodi Picoult

“Great grief can be worn charmingly by a beauty and I have seen a lot of gracious dignity at funerals in my time but…

— Julian Fellowes

I have frequently thought that the dead should be buried with all their belongings. It seems weirdly perverse that their clothes should still be…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Mourning has become unfashionable in the United States. The bereaved are supposed to pull themselves together as quickly as possible and to reweave the…

— Margaret Mead

I see what grief does, how it strips you bare, shows you all the things you don't want to know. That loss doesn't end,…

— Elizabeth Scott

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Grief reveals itself in the most mundane activities, like eating. It's never when you're looking at old pictures.

— David Lowery

People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you’re alive?

— Gay Talese

To mourn is to wonder at the strangeness that grief is not written all over your face in bruised hieroglyphics. And it's also to…

— Meghan O'Rourke

It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening people into…

— Susanna Clarke