“ He knew as deeply as he knew anything that sedation was the prelude to anxiety, stimulation the prelude to exhaustion and consolation the prelude to disappointment, and so he lay on the red velvet sof… Edward St. Aubyn
“ After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough. No more playing music at half-empty night clubs. No m… Mitch Albom
“ You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather. Chuck Tanner
“ I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah. Jesse Eisenberg
“ There's a convention that one doesn't speak ill of the dead. That's stupid, I think. The truth's always the truth. On the whole it's better to keep your mouth shut about living people. You might conce… Agatha Christie
“ It was a haunting tune, unresigned, a cry of heartache for all in the world that fell apart. As ash rose black against the brilliant sky, Fire's fiddle cried out for the dead, and for the living who s… Kristin Cashore
“ It was very sad under the trees. Although spring was well advanced, in the deep shade there was nothing but death-rotten leaves, gray and white fungi, and over everything a funeral hush. Nathanael West
“ I'm telling you, Augustus Waters talked so much that he'd interrupt you at his own funeral. John Green
“ Lastly he looked at the face so caved and drawn among the folds of funeral cloth, the yellowed moustache, the eyelids paper thin. That was not sleeping. That was not sleeping. Cormac McCarthy
“ Pa said, Won't you say a few words? Ain't none of our folks ever been buried without a few words. Connie led Rose of Sharon to the graveside, she reluctant. You got to, Connie said. It ain't decent no… John Steinbeck
“ Here's the other thing I think about. It makes little sense to try to control what happens to your remains when you are no longer around to reap the joys or benefits of that control. People who make e… Mary Roach
“ It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again. Ann-Marie MacDonald
“ People who make great impact are well remembered due to the empty seats that remain after their death. It takes time to fill the empty seats that are left unoccupied by people who walked great in grea… Israelmore Ayivor
“ It's a sad thing to see, because as far as I know, this man Gavo had done nothing to deserve being shot in the back of the head at his own funeral. Twice. Tea Obreht
“ If formality and courtesy take over the feelings . . . how silly and meaningless these things could become. And despite all this, I still take part in it! Fumio Obata
“ The Romans feared their dead. In fact, Roman funeral customs derived from a need to propitiate the sensibilities of the departed. The very word funus may be translated as dead body, funeral ceremony,… Catharine Arnold
