“I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time it was about 800 degrees and we were in Texas. We had shorts on and nothing else and somehow a motorcycle cop pulls up beside me and says, 'Come on, get on it, get on, go, go, go!' So I speeded up and it turns out we're in a huge state funeral. There are about 40 black Cadillacs in a row and then a green van called Mr Greenjeans, with two guys with no clothes in it.” TwoStatesGuyTurnsBlackMinesCollegeHugeDegreesClothesGreenTexasFuneralOne TimeCopVansBuddyMotorcycleShortsRoad TripGetting LaidCadillacsPull UpsTwo Guys Author:John Travolta
“Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a sunset?” ShouldBlackFlowerHorseWesternColourSunsetWhy NotFuneralFading Book:Novels of Yen-Ching Source: Novels of Yen-Ching
“I like a bit of color myself, I must say. At my time of life, if you wear nothing but black, people might think you were too mean to change frocks between funerals.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMightBitsBlackColorClothesMy TimeFuneralBlack People Book:South Riding Source: South Riding
“All things that we ordained festival Turn from their office to black funeral-- Our instruments to melancholy bells, Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change; Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse; And all things change them to the contrary.” TurnsBlackChangeFlowerOfficeAll ThingsInstrumentsContraryMelancholyCheerBuriedFuneralBellsThings ChangeFestivalsSolemnHymnsBurialSullenOur WeddingBridal Book:Romeo and Juliet Source: Romeo and Juliet
“The night was dark, and a cold wind blew, driving the clouds, furiously and fast, before it. There was one black, gloomy mass that seemed to follow him: not hurrying in the wild chase with the others, but lingering sullenly behind, and gliding darkly and stealthily on. He often looked back at this, and, more than once, stopped to let it pass over; but, somehow, when he went forward again, it was still behind him, coming mournfully and slowly up, like a shadowy funeral train.” StillsNightBlackDarkBehindsWindColdMassTrainCloudsDrivingFuneralGloomySpookyLingeringHurryingGlidingCold Wind Book:Novels Source: Novels
“What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.” NeedsLooksEnoughProblemBlackPlansGoldDressesDinnerFuneralFabulousCover UpsPlan B Author:Salma Hayek