Comments Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

“I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is…

— Steve Maraboli

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

— Shannon Alder

“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”

— David Foster Wallace

“It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/​daughter/​friend” instead;…

— Claire Messud

“It is as if I were made of stone, as if I were my own tombstone, there is no loophole for doubt or for…

— Franz Kafka

“i don't believe the world will end, but i believe stones will wear away. so i don't care what you place on my tombstone.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: 'On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.

— Barbara Walters

“I hope when I die, they won't put on my tombstone, 'He wrote Miss Jane Pittman .' Put anything else, but don't put just…

— Ernest J. Gaines

“Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.”

— Marina Nemat

I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'

— Ali Smith

“My current verdict would be: Crazy Eyes. Nice Ass." "I think I want that on my tombstone.”

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just…

— Andy Warhol