14 quotes found
“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.”
“One of the great Confederate combat leaders, General John B. Gordon, had sat at his horse and spoken farewell to his men. Some he had seen weeping as they folded burnt and shot-pierced battle flags...”
“Her close friends have gathered.Lord, ain't it a shameGrieving togetherSharing the blame.But when she was dyingLord, we let her down.There's no use cryin'It can't help her now.The party's all overD...”
“What's fame, after all? It can be what someone writes on your tombstone.”
“All things considered, the happiest epitaph to have etched on one's headstone is this: 'He never knew what hit him'.”
“If there's no sea-gull there's no meeting, Wicklow had said. No sea-gull means abort. That's my epitaph, thought Barley. 'There was no sea-gull, so he aborted.”
“It had been a bad trip ... fast and wild in some moments, slow and dirty in others, but on balance it looked like a bummer. On my way back to San Francisco, I tried to compose a fitting epitaph. I ...”
“Whatsume'er the failings on his part, Remember reader he were that good in his hart.”
“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”
“Which epitaph would you choose for your grave-stone: "He made lots of money." or "He saved the Earth"? And don't think I'm being sarcastic, because for once, I'm not. We're all going to die. What w...”
“I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.”
“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
