Gravestone Quotes

The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world.

Dan Wells

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")

He’d seen a lot of bizarre items left at gravesides, like a carton of eggs, a pair of reading glasses, a bag of licorice, smooth stones, a spoon.

I thought of the new stone, of my new wife, and of the newly buried white bones beneath us, and I felt that fate had made sport of us all.

Sōseki Natsume

The dead only knows their world.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest loss is the loss of life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and could you pull a few weeds while you're here?

Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.

Clifford D. Simak

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

Shannon L. Alder