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Tag Archives: Quotes
”Famous Last Words” by Ray Robinson
What better time of the year to bring insightful quotes or laughter to the bedside of the dying
As we near the end of the year preparing our final New Year’s farewells, what better time to review Famous Last Words; Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes and Exclamations Upon Expirations compiled by Ray Robinson, a collection of final farewells from the … Continue reading
”Even the Most Profound Darkness is a Longing For Light.”
- Jeff Foster
You can find more beautiful sayings from “A Rite of Passage” here.
”Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
More from A Rite of Passage: Memorial Music: “The Show Must Go On” by Queen Memorial Music: “Dreams Old Men Dream” by the Cold War Kids Memorial Music: “Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone?” by The Carter Family
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Art, Death and Dying, end-of-life, Grief, Leaves, Life, Memorial Flowers, Poetry, Quotes, Quotes about Life
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Author Jorge Luis Borges on Time and Death
The Argentinian writer believed that life and death are, perhaps, all a dream
Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had an interesting perspective on time and death. He also had an amazing talent and tendency to nail a truth down in one to three sentences. So precise with words was Borges, that he managed … Continue reading
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, Death Quotes, Dreams, Immortality, Jorge Luis Borges, Life Quotes, Literature, Quotes, The Next Chapter
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“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
-Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged A Right of Passage, Death, Langston Hughes, Life, Poem, Poems about Death, Poems about Life, Quotes, Quotes about Death
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“Death is a Low Chemical Trick Played on Everybody Except Sequoia Trees”
--J.J. Furnas
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Quotes, Quotes about Death, Quotes about Life, sequoia tree
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