poems for funerals

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better. ~George E. Woodberry



Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all. ~Fanny Fern



Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather



The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. ~Thomas Hardy



The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. ~Bill Frist



If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~Buddhist Saying



God is a child who amuses himself, going from laughing to crying for no reason, each day reinventing the world to the chagrin of hair-splitters, pedants, and preachers, who try to teach God his job as Creator. ~Elie Faure, L'Esprit des formes, 1927



Nature abhors a vacuum. And so do I. ~Anne Gibbons



Failure changes for the better, success for the worse. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca



The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends. ~Gwyneth Paltrow



Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935



More history's made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations. ~John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor



Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened. ~Rita Rudner



Many persons wonder why they don't amount to more than they do, have good stuff in them, energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts. ~Walter J. Johnston



What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There isn't a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn't a non-renewable resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it doesn't mean that John and Mary can't. ~Ed Fallon



The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~Flora Whittemore



Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it's time to get up. ~Author Unknown



Journalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money or absolving the CIA of something. ~P.J. O'Rourke



It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters. ~Roger L'Estrange, Aesop's Fables, 1692



To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. ~Ancient Proverb