Consolation Quote by Wilfrid Sheed

I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost…

— Michelle Williams

What a writer's obituary should read - he wrote the books, then he died.

— William Faulkner

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

— Mark Twain

“There's no such thing as simple mourning for anyone, really, except that as writers our grief becomes woven into the fabric of our work…

— Edwidge Danticat

I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.

— Timothy Keller

“There was supposed to be grief when someone died, tears and heartfelt eulogies, the cutting pain of loss. Instead, he felt…nothing. Just numbness, an…

— Piper Vaughn

All I really want to write about is what happened just before he left. But if I let myself start with that I might…

— Anonymous

The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to…

— Natasha Trethewey

“To learn that his treasures had been lost months ago, and so far away, was no different from learning of the death, similarly distant…

— Susan Sontag

“allow yourself this moment of sadness to mourn the loss of a true original, but let yourself be happy from now on that we…

— Craig Lancaster

“His absence seemed a solid thing, a burden I must carry in addition to my grief... Yet I knew I would continue to live.…

— Robin Hobb

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.

— Christopher Paolini