Curtain call Quote by Kevin Hearne

“Perhaps we become accustomed to our grief and, as it becomes increasingly familiar, increasingly part of the emotional landscape, it becomes a dullness. But…

— David Rieff

“Mourning died slowly. It never fully dies for something truly loved.”

— Bernard Malamud

“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

“How do you mourn something that never really belonged to you?”

— Rebecca Serle

“Funerals consist of older generations initiating the younger into another adulthood. Filling spaces of the one passed.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have...

— Edwin S. Shneidman

“I have every reason to be sad, but I don't have any reason to mourn. People grieve when things end. Nothing has ended tonight.…

— Samantha Sotto

“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

“Life is but a story told at one's funeral”

— Charles Slamowitz

“Death does that:It makes everyone feel sentimental when in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not…

— Mitch Albom