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
Posted on December 19, 2014 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

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 →

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”Even the Most Profound Darkness is a Longing For Light.”

- Jeff Foster
Posted on August 5, 2014 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

You can find more beautiful sayings from “A Rite of Passage” here.

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”Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.”

-Rabindranath Tagore
Posted on April 22, 2014 by Gabriella Zink (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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

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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
Posted on September 2, 2013 by Oz Litvac (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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 →

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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 on August 13, 2013 by Oz Litvac (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Death is a Low Chemical Trick Played on Everybody Except Sequoia Trees”

--J.J. Furnas
Posted on July 5, 2013 by MaryFrances Knapp (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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