“Funerals are for the living. If we have not done for the dead while they were yet in flesh, it is too late; let the matter pass at the grave. Day by day we should live for those who are to die; and live so that we may die for those who are to live. Funerals are for the living.” DeathMemento MoriFuneralsCoffinThanatosCasketFunerealA Funeral For The Living Author:Roelif Coe Brinkerhoff
“I had to be strong, for every man and woman in our fair community was here to witness my beloved being put to rest, some with satisfaction, and some with relief. But all would gather an accounting of the events here today, to be relayed at future balls and parlour teas, as a comeuppance for my marrying an outsider.” CommunityOutsiderJudgemental PeopleGossip MongersFunereal Book:Girl Desecrated: Vampires, Asylums and Highlanders 1984 Source: Girl Desecrated: Vampires, Asylums and Highlanders 1984