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Letter "O" » obituaries
«Death's sting has a new meaning now that the Times of London is including candid descriptions of human peccadilloes in its obituaries.»
Author: Francis X. Clines
| About:
Death and dying
| Keywords:
candid, descriptions, obituaries, sting, The Times
«Every obituary we put in, we know that's a reader we're losing.»
«At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I carry on as usual.»
«Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.»
Author: Philip Guedalla
(Historian)
| Keywords:
biography, bounded, definite, North, North and South, North by, North West, obituaries, obituary, region, South West, tedium, The East, the North, the South, the West
«It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.»
«I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure»
«I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.»
«A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.»
«An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| Keywords:
autobiography, installment, installments, missing, obituaries, obituary, serial
«I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.»
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