{"quotes":[{"text":"Easter is the final solution to the finality of death.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["christian","christianity","cross","crucifixion","death","easter","final","finality","god","holiday","jesus","resurrection","sacrifice","salvation","tomb"],"id":34117,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Unless death is made a lesson for the living, the life lived is wasted.Why should life come into existence only to be destroyed? One dies and another is born—for what? A few miserable hours of life—then oblivion!With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others. In death, the hesitant act can no longer be performed—the word of praise is as impossible as yesterday's return.What perversity justified inflicting pain, suffering and death upon others who have done no wrong? If death ends all, why fight while we are living? Why shorten life with unnecessary pain and suffering? How futile are the petty problems of individuals, with their hates and jealousies, when all vanish with death? All the prayers in the world cannot wipe out one injustice.Every wrong is irreparable.The dead cannot forgive.All the tears and sighs are of no avail.Forgiveness cannot be granted when lips cannot move.Praise cannot be heard when ears cannot hear; joy cannot be experienced when the heart no longer beats; and the happiness of an affectionate embrace can no longer be felt when arms are limp and the eyes are forever closed.","author":"Joseph Lewis","tags":["death","embrace","finality","finite","forgiveness","injustice","joy","life","oblivion","pain","praise","suffering","tears","wrong"],"id":39269,"author_id":"Joseph+Lewis"},{"text":"And this love between Henry and Fora . . . At first, it was a small, uncertain thing, like the glow of the morning sunos the horizon. And then it was its own wild animal, bucking against the world and anything that threatened it, so hot it could burn and sometimes did. And then it was quiet, as quiet as a snowfall, covering everything, certain of its place, even as it was certain it could not last forever.","author":"Martha Brockenbrough","tags":["death","emotion","everything","finality","living-life-to-the-fullest","love"],"id":63248,"author_id":"Martha+Brockenbrough"},{"text":"If only there was a way to escape this reality, if only there was a way to erase all this formality, if only there was a way to figure out your mentality, if only there was a way to rid all the theatricality,if only...However sadly all we think of is practicality, so we will never reach any finality.","author":"Dalal Gabara","tags":["finality","formality","if-only","inspirational","life","mentality","practicality","quote","theatricality","truth"],"id":63399,"author_id":"Dalal+Gabara"},{"text":"Leaving the familiar for unknown terrain is like a death - and feeling this level of finality should snap one back to life for life has greater meaning in the face of death.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["death","familiar","finality","meaning","safety","unfamiliar","unknown"],"id":89203,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.","author":"Barbara Taylor Bradford","tags":["dying","finality","grief","love","pain"],"id":101179,"author_id":"Barbara+Taylor+Bradford"},{"text":"More. To have days cut off and at their end. To never again..........Anything.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["death","end","finality","grief","richelle","richelle-goodrich","sorrow"],"id":138434,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"We are past the end of things now, but I don't want to leave.","author":"Richard Ford","tags":["end","finality","if-only","leaving","past"],"id":141949,"author_id":"Richard+Ford"},{"text":"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.","author":"Charles Dickens","tags":["dreams","finality","love","soul"],"id":184916,"author_id":"Charles+Dickens"},{"text":"So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark.","author":"Jojo Moyes","tags":["finality","heart","jojo-moyes","me-before-you","score"],"id":212230,"author_id":"Jojo+Moyes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}