61 Quotes About Eulogy

He had the desperation, not the courage, to be himself. Once you do that, you can’t go wrong, because you can’t make any mistakes when people love you for being yourself. But for Kurt, it didn’t matter that other people loved him; he simply didn’t love himself enough.

...the dead are objects that have broken, a television, the radio, the mixer, and the best thing is to remember them as they were when they were working, because the only acceptable tomb is memory.

I can’t pray or weigh my words right; doomsday is here my friend, but you’re immune. We sufferfor you. I’m weaving crowns of sonnets, dreads;a souvenir so you’ll never forget your friends.

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?

There will be grace and forgiveness enough, old dog, even for you. I pray you will spare me a drink from that cup, when it overflows for you.- Miles Vorkosigan

Even the most beautiful of eulogies benefits from the occasional dramatic pause.

My father lived to the age where he attained a deep luster, but never too shiny that you didn’t believe him for one minute, may we all understand our own quitting time so well.

May the saints of all the stars and constellations bring you hope as they guide you out of the dark and into the light, on this voyage and the next. And all the journeys still to come. For now and evermore. - The Doctor.

Funerals are a constant reminder that chasing most of the things we are chasing is an embarrassing way to spend a portion of our lives.