Everyone was eating, talking softly, glancing at me, hugging me, eating. It was as if someone had turned the volume down. Everything looked normal, but the sound was muted. Death did this, set all this weirdness in motion, made people appear out of nowhere carrying casseroles, saying 'I'm sorry' over and over, death muffled their voices.Joan Abelove
About This Quote
This quote is about the moment of death, when all that is left are people you love trying to tell you that they are sorry. You know death is coming, but it is still hard to accept. The people who were with you at the time of your death are there trying to comfort you, but they cannot do so because their voices are muffled by the sound of death’s arrival. Death sounds like the snapping of a twig, or a quiet rustling in the bushes. It makes no noise that can be heard through the other noises around it, and yet it overpowers everything else around it.
Source: Saying It Out Loud
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