Main street Quote by Mindy Mejia

“A guy I grew up with recently died. I attended his funeral, but only because I thought there’d be free food afterwards. I brought…

— Jarod Kintz

“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

“What's even more messed up than funerals, is the way people treat you after the funeral. Like you're diseased or something.”

— Denise Jaden

“I stared at the room full of caskets on display-their lids gaping open like hungry mouths, waiting to swallow up the newly departed. I…

— Beth Hoffman

“Apparently people commonly died when their loved ones were out of the room. Bathroom break. Quick trip down to the cafeteria for a grilled…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

“They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by…

— Garrison Keillor

“Losing Grandma, just when I'd found her again. A waterfall of flowers brightened her funeral, but they couldn't disguise the stench of death.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sandwiches are funeral food, and The Empress always liked sandwiches.”

— Kirkland Ciccone

“We stood in the graveyard, among the tombstones, forty-some dead people and me. A couple of my fellow funeral-goers had even been in their…

— Amy Plum

“I couldn’t bear the thought of a ham sandwich. Imagining milk trickling down my esophagus almost sent me over the edge. Even the saltines…

— Ree Drummond

“Her bun was baking, but her bloody heart was breaking.”

— Erin McCarthy