79 Quotes About Memorial

The universe was created as a memorial to honor those who would perish trying to understand it.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.From an Irish headstone

She would die, and maybe everyone would forget that she had ever lived.

By saying only good things about the deceased during their funeral, we make it seem as if they were perfect … and are being auctioned.

The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.

We internalize traits we observe in others as a way to honor and remember them. We are all living memorials.

As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.

I shouldn't have taken a vow of silence, I told myself. What did I want? Nothing much. Just a memorial. But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured? Endured, and resented. Without memory, there can be no revenge.

See, their words endure in books, Open, read them, copy their knowledge, He who is taught becomes skilled. Don’t be evil, kindness is good, Make your memorial last through love of you. Increase the [people], befriend the town,..