“No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years. Help me say goodbye.”

“Too many years fighting back tears. Why can't the past just die? Wishing you were somehow here again, knowing we must say goodbye. Try to forgive, teach me to live, give me the strength to try! No more memories, no more silent tears, no more gazing across the wasted years. Help me say goodbye.”

“You were once my one companion,You were all that mattered.You were once a friend and father,Then my world was shattered. Wishing you were somehow here again,Wishing you were somehow near.Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed,Somehow you would be here.Wishing I could hear your voice again,Knowing that I never would Dreaming of you won’t help me to doAll that you dreamed I couldPassing bells and sculpted angelsCold and monumentalSeem for you the wrong companions You were warm and gentleToo many years fighting back tearsWhy cant the past just dieWishing you were somehow here againKnowing we must say goodbyeTry to forgiveTeach me to liveGive me the strength to tryNo more memories No more silent tearsNo more gazing across the wasted years Help me say goodbyeHelp me say goodbye”

“It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.”

“Men have been growing more stupid for several thousand years; I myself shall waste no tears at his demise"'- old British man in Earth Abides”

“Such an incredible waste of energy, to work your ass off for sixty years, then shrivel up, die, and be nothing more than a memory - if you're lucky enough to leave someone behind who will remember you. There must be more. Don't you think?”