“ The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. Salman Rushdie Novelist
“ Let me arise and open the gate, to breathe the wild warm air of the heath, And to let in Love, and to let out Hate, And anger at living and scorn of Fate, To let in Life, and to let out Death. Violet Fane Novelist
“ Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde Writer
“ We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. David Sarnoff Businessman
“ You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go. Eric Roth Screenwriter
“ Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I lay me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be: Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Robert Louis Stevenson Novelist