“ Like weddings, funerals are about unity. Funerals are the unity of a person with the sweet hereafter, assuming that one believes in such a thing. Rebecca McNutt
“ How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? Jodi Picoult
“ Graham Chapman, co-author of the "Parrot Sketch", is no more. He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. He's kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his la… John Cleese
“ It is sad to fill a grave with a person full of potential yet completely emptied of anymore possibility to try it once again. Johnnie Dent Jr.
“ Before and after the funeral I never ceased to cry and be miserable, but it makes me ashamed when I think back on that sadness of mine, seeing that always in it was an element of self-love - now a des… Leo Tolstoy
“ Whether you lay cold in the ground or warm in an urn the turmoils of life aren't a concern. For some this may be the perfect rhyme except for those you leave behind... Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them. Howard Zinn
“ Six guns rattling rattling boom boom boomWords and flags folding, folding, foldedThe knell tolls ding ding ding ding .... Richard L. Ratliff
“ Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than aboutcomforting the people they leave behind. Rin Chupeco
“ I wish to declare with all earnestness that I do not want any religious ceremonies performed for me after my death. I do not believe in such ceremonies, and to submit to them, even as a matter of form… Jawaharlal Nehru
“ Royal summoned mourners. They came from the village, from the neighboring hills and, wailing like dogs at midnight, laid siege to the house. Old women beat their heads against the walls, moaning men p… Truman Capote
“ What a waste.. All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it. Mitch Albom
“ O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching Earth;Lie close around her; leave no room for mirthWith its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs.She hath no questions, she h… Jeffrey Eugenides
“ The point is that no matter what you choose to do with your body when you die, it won't, ultimately, be very appealing. If you are inclined to donate yourself to science, you should not let images of… Mary Roach
“ Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it...We might expect that we will be prostrate, inconsolable, crazy with loss. We do not expect to be literally crazy, cool customers who b… Joan Didion
“ My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket. Shirley Manson
