Día De Los Muertos Quotes In English: 15 Sayings To Celebrate The Day Of The Dead

Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a holiday when people remember those who have died. Largely celebrated in Mexico, it dates back to pre-Hispanic civilizations from 2,500 to 3,000 years ago, Speaking Latino wrote. To commemorate Día de los Muertos on Sunday, here are some fun sayings from Quote Garden and Brainy Quote:

1. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” -- Thomas Campbell, “Hallowed Ground”

2. “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity.” -- Edvard Munch

3. “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

4. “Oh, may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again.” -- George Eliot, “The Choir Invisible”

5. “God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.” -- Author unknown

6. “After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” -- J.K. Rowling

7. “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” -- George Eliot

8. “I knew a man who once said, ‘Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.’" -- From the movie “Gladiator”

9. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” -- From a headstone in Ireland

10. “The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.” -- Seneca

11. “He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us more potent -- nay, more present -- than the living man.” -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

12. “For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” -- William Penn

13. “A human life is a story told by God.” -- Hans Christian Andersen

14. “We never bury the dead, son. We take them with us. It's the price of living.” -- Mark Goffman and Jose Molina, “Sleepy Hollow ”

15. “The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.” -- Lois McMaster Bujold

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