quotes about Rest In Peace
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Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.
-- Annie DillardSource : Annie Dillard (2011). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.145, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
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I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read.
-- Audre Lorde -
...The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th. God bless his soul, rest in peace, kid. It's because of him now at least I know what beef is.
-- CanibusSource : Song: Second Round Knockout, Album: Can-I-Bus, 1998
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Little Jimmy Dickens has long been a musical hero of mine and one of the finest entertainers to ever step on any stage. I was deeply honored to call him a friend and will always remember the time I got to spend with him. The music world has lost one of our greatest treasures. Rest in peace, my little friend. You were loved by so many of us!
-- Charlie Daniels -
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If the dead can't rest in peace, how on Earth can the living?
-- Cheri Revai -
I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start with death. We are in eternity now. Norman Vincent Peale It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
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Life is stressful,dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.
-- David Mazzucchelli -
Sanguine chuckled. "I like you, boy. You got optimism in these bones. I like you so much that I ain't gonna tell you what I did to poor old Jethro, the first Jethro, may he rest in peace, may they someday find his head.
-- Derek Landy -
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Hell was not for the living, it was for the dead, even the hallowed dead. Let the dead rest in peace. Someday Mack Bolan, too, would rest. For now, he had to find his way among the living.
-- Don PendletonSource : Don Pendleton (2014). “Death Squad”, p.118, Open Road Media
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Great Spirit when we come singing. When we face the sunset the last song, may it be, without shame, singing "It is finished in beauty. It is finished in beauty!"
-- Evelyn Eaton -
I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his music will live on in the great songs he shared with us all. My sincere condolences go out to Catherine and the entire Peek family. May he rest in peace...
-- Gerry BeckleySource : "Dan Peek, Co-Founder of '70s Band America, Dies". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 26, 2011.
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This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.
-- Graham ChapmanSource : Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones (2009). “Monty Python Live!”, Hyperion
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You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that the police can indeed rest in peace. The flowers of spring shall bloom upon their graves moistened by the tears of a great city. Outraged and violated law shall be redeemed and in their martyrdom anarchy shall be buried forever.
-- Jason Epstein -
[Newlyweds,] these optimistic young bastards, promise to honor and cherish each other through hot flashes and mid-life crises and a cumulative 50-pound weight gain, until that far-off day when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore.
-- Jenna McCarthy -
My beloved soul, having awakened at last into My Peace, you can return consciously and completely to your own Original Source. As this homecoming fills you with in expressible joy it pervades Allah Most High with profound delight as well (You will) experience the perfect union with Love that is My highest Paradise.
-- Lex Hixon -
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When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.
-- Meek MillSource : Song: Dreams and Nightmares, 2012
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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
-- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
-- Nelson Mandela -
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
-- Petrarch -
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
-- Rabindranath Tagore -
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
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Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter. Longchenpa Let's stuff our eyes with wonder, let's live as if we'd drop dead in ten seconds. Let's see the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
-- Ray Bradbury -
We have a friend and protector, from whom, if we do not ourselves depart from Him, nor power nor spirit can separate us. In His strength let us proceed on our journey, through the storms, and troubles, and dangers of the world. However they may rage and swell, though the mountains shake at the tempests, our rock will not be moved: we have one friend who will never forsake us; one refuge, where we may rest in peace and stand in our lot at the end of the days. That same is He who liveth, and was dead; who is alive forevermore; and hath the keys of hell and of death.
-- Reginald Heber -
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The Heart Break Kid does not rest in peace. He can stay up ALL NIIIGHT!
-- Shawn Michaels -
Letting the last breath come. Letting the last breath go. Dissolving, dissolving into vast space, the light body released from its heavier form. A sense of connectedness with all that is, all sense of separation dissolved in the vastness of being. Each breath melting into space as though it were the last.
-- Stephen LevineSource : Stephen Levine (2010). “Healing into Life and Death”, p.281, Anchor
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To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.
-- Washington Irving -
Beheading, burying and burning humans alive are extreme acts of cruelty. Such crimes against humanity must be investigated and the guilty parties brought to justice. May ALL victims rest in peace!
-- Widad Akrawi -
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
-- Yoweri Museveni -
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
-- Isaiah -
With all his greatness and accomplishments on the guitar, Dime will be missed more for his giving personality, charisma, caring for others, love and most of all his heart. Twice as big as the state of Texas. Dime gave it all every day to each and every one of us and our lives have forever been hollowed without him… Thanks to all of you for reaching out to us in this time of our immeasurable loss. Rest in peace brother Dime.
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God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.
-- Nevada BarrSource : Nevada Barr (2013). “Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries, Book 1): A gripping crime novel of the Texan wilderness”, p.9, Hachette UK
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Country music and the world will miss George Jones. He was someone who set a high standard in our industry for great music and lyrics that tapped into the emotions of the human heart at a very deep level. His music has touched the lives of country music lovers for over five decades. My prayers are with his family and I pray for the repose of his soul. May you rest in peace, brother.
-- Collin RayeSource : FaceBook post by Collin Raye from Apr 26, 2013
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Great Spirit, When we face the sunset when we come singing the last song, may it be without shame, singing 'it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty!'
-- Evelyn EatonSource : "I Send a Voice".
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Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.
-- Rose Philippine Duchesne