68 Quotes About Tombstone

That there’s Henrietta’s mother,” he said, pointing to a lone tombstone near the cemetery’s edge, surrounded by trees and wild roses. It was several feet tall, its front worn rough and browned from age and weather.

Elizabeth Anne TaylorApril 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004Our Sweetheart, Only resting

Orgasme mortel! Päs mal sur la pierre tombale.

What is there flattering, amusing, or edifying in their carving your name on a tombstone, then time rubbing off the inscription together with the gilding?

Some people collect paperweights, or pre-Columbian figures, or old masters, or young mistresses, or tombstone rubbings, or five-minute recipes, or any of a thousand other things ... My own collection is sunrises; and I find that they have their advantages. Sunrises are usually handsome, they can't possibly be dusted, and they take only a little room, so long as it has a window to see them from.

Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy reminds me to deepen my dash, that place on the tombstone between our birth and our death.

Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please.

I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

Steel True, Blade Straight.