“And a ride in a hearse tells us we’re all close to that final cruise . . . when the body dies and we move on. It’s just the body, man. It’s just the body. The soul’s already gone. So don’t be afraid of a dead body absent a soul. It’s empty, man. No resident. What you need to worry about is a living body that’s lost its soul. Now that is scary, man.” - Funk N. Wagnalls, owner of the Grim Reapers auto lot, a character in Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues.” SoulMusicDeath And DyingRock And RollBluesGrateful DeadGriotHearse Book:Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues Source: Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues
“The Harlots cry from Street to Street Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet The Winners Shout the Losers Curse Dance before dead Englands Hearse” DeathEnglandSatireHarlotHearse Book:Auguries of Innocence Source: Auguries of Innocence
“While still practising law, he'd run a hearse-rental agency. Then, later, he'd bought into a handkerchief factory in Baker Park. Their most famous innovation was the funeral hankerchief, a plain white cotton handkerchief with a black border. Not long afterwards he patented the first black-edged tissue. He'd made millions, apparently, though nobody knew what he'd done with the money. His only extravagance had been to install an elevator in the house, so he could move between floors without getting out of his wheelchair. 'So what did he mean about hearing money?' Jed asked. 'It's his factory across the river. He claims he can hear the money being made.” MoneyHearingHearseFuneral HandkerchiefFuneral Tissue Book:The Five Gates of Hell Source: The Five Gates of Hell
“There was a deep boom, like the rolling in of an ocean wave. The hearse door had been slammed shut.” DeathHearse Book:The Optimist's Daughter Source: The Optimist's Daughter
“Cremation is the refusal to put a corpse to good use.” DeathFuneralEcologyBurialRest In PeaceFood ChainMaggotsCorpseCremationHearse Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana