“I find very reasonable the Celtic belief that the souls of our dearly departed are trapped in some inferior being, in an animal, aplant, an inanimate object, indeed lost to us until the day, which for some never arrives, when we find that we pass near the tree, or come to possess the object which is their prison. Then they quiver, call us, and as soon as we have recognized them, the spell is broken. Freed by us, they have vanquished death and return to live with us.” SoulDeathBeliefLostAnimalTreeObjectsBrokenReturnPrisonReasonableSpellsTrappedInferiorsDepartedCelticQuiverInanimate Objects Author:Marcel Proust
“Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.” KnowsHumansKindDeathSufferingEasyLossAnimalDealsGriefHealingAttitudeSorrowSingersLife And DeathEnablingPet LossDealing With Death Author:Emmylou Harris
“To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We have gained the end of the philosopher, and view without shrinking the coffin and the pall.” EndsDeathDesireAnimalViewsPhilosopherPettyMournCoffinsShrinkingAdherence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton