Funeral Director Quotes

“The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame it, stalk it, gossip about it, pray over it, put it down or dissect its motives it continues to rot in your brain. It is dead. It is over. It is gone. It is done. It is time to bury it because it is smelling up your life and no one wants to be near your rotted corpse of memories and decaying attitude. Be the funeral director of your life and bury that thing!”
― Shannon L. Alder

“But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death.
So that was an improvement.”
― Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

“We arrived, and my aunt took me aside and asked, "Can you do this?" My grandfather Brown was a little heavy and I thought she was asking if I was physically strong enough to lift him.
"Oh, sure. I can lift him, no problem."
"No, I know you can lift him, but can you do this?"
She wasn't talking to Caleb Wilde, the funeral director. She was talking to Caleb Wilde, the grandson. It took me a minute to switch from funeral director to grandson, but I gathered myself and said, "Yes." I don't think my answer satisfied her, and I don't think it satisfied me, either.”
― Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life

“The fact is that love never dies. Heartbreak will come and go for the rest of your life. And then, one day our life is over. And someone else will have to endure the heartbreak as we have. And when we no longer write our own story, it becomes the responsibility of our legacy and people you wouldn’t ever expect to celebrate your memory—the last responders.”
― Brittany DeMarco-Furman