Quotes about Reunion
Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
As I go into a cemetery I like to think of the time when the dead shall rise from their graves. ... Thank God, our friends are not buried; they are only sown!
— DL Moody
Me thought I saw my late espoused saint brought to me like Alcestis from the grave.
— John Milton
You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
— Vance Havner
In the Mormon Church, we believe we can be married for all eternity, not till death do you part. As Mom was getting older, she was excited, truly excited, that within a few years she'd be with Dad again.
— Clayton M. Christensen
Do not look sad. We shall meet soon again." "Please, Aslan", said Lucy,"what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon" said Aslan; and instantly he was vanished away.
— CS Lewis
Yes, you have been away a very long time.' 'Oh, centuries and centuries; so long,' she said, 'that I'm sure I'm dead and buried and this dear old place is heaven.
— Edith Wharton
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...
— Ayn Rand
The other day Nan said, 'Nothing can ever be quite the same for any of us again.' It made me feel rebellious. Why shouldn't things be the same again - when everything is over and Jem and Jerry are back? We'll all be happy and jolly again and these days will seem just like a bad dream.
— LM Montgomery
And it was so nice to see her again and have a long talk over old times. Her sister Em was there, too, with such a delicious baby." "You talk as if it was something to eat," grunted Mrs. Gibson. "Babies are common enough." "Oh, no, babies are never common," said Anne, bringing a bowl of water for Mrs. Gibson's roses. "Every one is a miracle.
— LM Montgomery
Heaven was many things, but without a doubt, it was the greatest family reunion of all.
— Don Piper