Body Quote by Phaedra Parks

“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

You don’t want to ask after the health of anyone, if you’re a funeral director. They think maybe you’re scouting for business.

— Neil Gaiman

“Be the person they'll claim you were at your funeral.”

— Dan Moore

I make it a kind of pious rule to go to every funeral to which I am invited, both as I wish to pay…

— James Boswell

“When Mom and Dad die, they’re taken care of by strangers in a nursing home two towns over. The kids don’t have to see…

— Barry Eisler

“Or you can fake your own death," Bill suggested. "Because really, that's the most cathartic resolution—if all your friends and family think you're dead.…

— Jordan Castillo Price

“Who am I to decide what someone should or shouldn’t do? People skip funerals and memorials all the time, for all sorts of reasons.…

— Elle Kennedy

At my funeral, someone had better touch up my lips and foundation before they close the casket. That's not a beauty tip. It's a…

— Amanda Lepore

Frankly, I'm not much for funerals unless it's absolutely an obligation. I don't feel it serves much of a purpose to go and see…

— Arnold Palmer

“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 decided, then, that funerals are for the living”

— John Green

When you're at your own parents' funeral, when you're at somebody that you love's funeral, you realize how precious life is. And you say,…

— Andrew Dice Clay