„And what of the dead? They lie without shoesin their stone boats. They are more like stonethan the sea would be if it stopped. They refuseto be blessed, throat, eye and knucklebone.“

— Anne Sexton

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„Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.“
— Ramana Maharshi
„This is the dead landThis is cactus landHere the stone imagesAre raised, here they receiveThe supplication of a dead man's handUnder the twinkle of a fading star.[…]The eyes are not hereThere are no eyes hereIn this valley of dying starsIn this hollow valley“
— T.S. Eliot
„Not easy to state the change you made.If I'm alive now, I was dead,Though, like a stone, unbothered by it.“
— Sylvia Plath
„All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. These are the rooms of ruin where the spiders spin and the great circuits fall quiet, one by one…“
— Stephen King
„Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.“
— Bob Dylan