We just had one put on our mother's gravesite this past year, Mortee, and we used only her name, including maiden, dates of birth and death and used engraved images, rather than words, for expression. I haven't been to Colorado to see it, yet, but I think we had mountains and some kind of flower on it, as those were symbolic of what she loved so much. Or, it may have been a hummingbird. I'll have to ask my sister!:-)

Perhaps there is something like that which David enjoyed that you could have put on the stone?

I've seen some other humourous ones, such as "Don't be late for supper!" but somehow I don't think that's what you're looking for here.:-)

I do have the follow-up book to the Portable Curmudgeon, called the Portable Curmudgeon Redux from which I could include a few quotes. It's done alphabetically, by subject and some of them are really good. Let me know some subjects and I'll see what I can find. A for instance is this quote from KAtherine Hepburn: Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Then there's Rick's favourite hero, Quentin Crisp's words, You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.

Here's one of my favs, by James Thurber: If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

Here's a paraphrase and turnabout of another: You had to stand in line to love him.

Here are a few others:

It is a curious thing...that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. - Evelyn Waugh -

Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah...didn't miss the boat. - Mark Twain -

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian. - Albert Camus -

We are not hypocrits in our sleep. -William Hazlitt -