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'And I'm sure Brian would have appreciated his facebook friends turning up today.'

"I scream! You scream! I can't stop the screaming!"

"We laughed. We cried. But mostly we watched TV."

'He's a conspiracy theorist - he refuses to believe that Great Aunt Mildred is really dead.'

'He doesn't talk to me anymore.'

'Life is a precious thing, but simply breathing and existing isn't living...the end is inevitable for everything...I'm afraid that time has come for you, dear. I have to pull the plug...'

'Let it go. Get on with your death.'

'Actually,I didn't start drinking until his dog died.'

'Our five-course dinners start with denial, followed by anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance.'

Weight of the world on your shoulders.

"On your previous visit you were describing how you were unable to express grief at the death of your first dog, Ranger. Please continue."

Dr. Kapuchnik, what's the difference between tears of joy and tears of despair? About 100 dollars an hour.

"Ten years of therapy, and finally I’ve managed to replace my rage addiction with sarcasm."

Hedgehog Mortuary.

"Sure, it's disrespectful, but knowing old scamp, he'd want us to dig up his bones."

'He was a shooting star, passing through the firmament. Lighting up our dull lives with his all too brief presence.' 'I think we're at the wrong funeral.'

'I thought dinner was going so well!'

The final stage of grief is acceptance. And the inevitable long and rambling acceptance speech.

'Touching.'

'It freaks me out that you're keeping your dead mum preserved in Formalin on the mantelpiece!'

"I could never leave this place—this is where I grew up."

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

Former Survivalist

Tombstone: I told you I was sick!

Tears

"Inside I'm a crying hyena."

". . . ashes to ashes, dust to dust, a handful of ground coriander, the zest of a lemon. . ."

'I wish there was someone here who could insult me and give me hope at the same time!'

"My aged cheddar died!"

"He refuses to let me get on with the grieving process."

"I dreamed my parents were still alive."

The stages of winter

Denial Exit Now: Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance Next 4 Exits.

Losing a loved one is never easy. The trick is to make it look easy.

'Let's talk dollars and cents. How many 'loved ones' did you lose in the stock market?'