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Obituary Quotes

I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day. Robert A. Heinlein
Saul Bellow quote: "As the victim of those impulses she must be looking in the..."
As the victim of those impulses she must be looking in the paper for his obituary. Saul Bellow
Clarence Darrow quote: "I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a..."
I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction. Clarence Darrow
Tobias Wolff quote: "I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would..."
I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary. Tobias Wolff
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse. All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. Brendan Behan
James Joyce quote: "Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. ..."
Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life. James Joyce
I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living [...] breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water [...] I look at the obituaries every morning and ain't nobody listed but you eaters. Dick Gregory
My friend, blood shaking my heart The awful daring of a moment’s surrender Which an age of prudence can never retract By this, and this only, we have existed Which is not to be found in our obituaries Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor In our empty rooms T. S. Eliot
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art."(Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in The Times.) Charles Dickens
It would be too much for me to deal with to be sitting up there next to God, Bon Scott, Sid Vicious, and Jimi Hendrix, and hear somebody read my obituary from below: NIKKI SIXX DIED TODAY... FUCKING GOLFING Nikki Sixx
Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . .. . . (quoting an obituary) 'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of... J. R. R. Tolkien
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying. Don DeLillo
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "There's the obituary to look for the next week, six column..."
There's the obituary to look for the next week, six column inches about nothing that really mattered Chuck Palahniuk
Mark Twain quote: "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries..."
I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. Mark Twain
The obituary writers drew their incomplete sketches, touring through his life like travelers to England who do not ever see swans, sheep, bicycles, and blue eyes. Mark Helprin

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