According to legend, Dr. Sappington purchased his coffin several years before his death and kept it under his bed, with apples and... nuts in it for his visiting grandchildren.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm afraid to look in the mirror. I'm afraid I'm going to see an old lady with white hair, just like the old ladies in the park. A... little bundle in a black shawl just waiting for the coffin.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Time has an undertaking establishment on every block and drives his coffin nails faster than the steam riveters rivet or the steno...graphers type or the tickers tick out fours and eights and dollar signs and ciphers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writ...ing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
DORIS: Here's the two of spades. DUSTY: The two of spades!... THAT'S THE COFFIN!! DORIS: THAT'S THE COFFIN? Oh good heavens what'll I do? Just before a party too!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Manners are the happy way of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love--now repeated and hardened into usage. They for...m at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such depth to the morning meadows.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You see, my dear, it occurred to me that he'd make a delightful coffin follower. That, that expression of melancholy. It's very in...teresting, don't you think so, my love?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was a day of cold Raw silence, wind-blown... Surplice and soutane: Rained-on, flower-laden Coffin after coffin Seemed to float from the doorLESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »