Quotes by Joshua Slocum

“Most people choose a funeral home for all the wrong reasons: Its close to their house, or it has served their family in the past. The range of prices offered by various funeral homes for comparable services is incredibly wide.”

“Some funeral homes try to guilt families into buying more expensive urns by stamping temporary container on the outside of the cardboard or plastic box that the remains are returned in.”

“Green burial isnt about doing extra things. Its about what not to do.”

“Caring for your dead is legal in Texas. Most people dont know their rights. They dont know what they can ask for.”

I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.

Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else ones patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.