As they gently lowered it into the earth, all stared silently at the coffin but one: a young woman of twenty-five who glanced absentmindedly into the distance where an unknown figure stood — watching, waiting, his face buried in the shadow of his hat. Whether by intuition or paranoia she could not tell, but the presence of the man troubled her and her eyes were fixed on his motionless body and would not stir. Tourists rarely came to a town as small and uneventful as theirs, let alone to visit a funeral where they did not introduce themselves and only beheld the spectacle from afar. Renate Linnenkoper
How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?
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Jodi Picoult
I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.
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Markus Zusak
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Mark Twain
The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
I remembered back to leo's burial and holding your hand. I was eleven and you were six, your hand soft and small in mine. As the vicar said 'in sure and certain hope of the resurrection of eternal life' you turned to me, 'I don't...
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Rosamund Lupton
More Quotes By Renate Linnenkoper
First impressions are rarely worth preserving. Men typically fall short of our expectations.
As they gently lowered it into the earth, all stared silently at the coffin but one: a young woman of twenty-five who glanced absentmindedly into the distance where an unknown figure stood — watching, waiting, his face buried in the shadow of his hat. Whether...
