Death Customs Quotes

“It seemed an odd thing to put on a tombstone, but then everything about the white man’s burial customs seemed odd to Chee. The Navajos lacked this sentimentality about corpses. Death robbed the body of its value.”
― Tony Hillerman, People of Darkness

“That's your son in there? What's he doing?" asked the Grandma'am, aghast.

"He's putting bread crumbs on the body," said Ma. "So Marcus has food on his journey."

"His journey where?" asked the Grandma'am. "He's dead!"

"Back to wherever he came from," said Ma. "It's what we do, back home. When someone dies.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes