“They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.”

— Lorrie Moore

Source: Anagrams

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die." by Lorrie Moore?

Lorrie Moore 26

American writer 1957

Related quotes

“And Pontiff, pretty Pontiff
Can anyone shake your hand?
Or is it just that you like uniforms
and someone kissing your hand”

Lou Reed (1942–2013) American musician

Good Evening Mr. Waldheim
Attacking the Pope for receiving ex-Nazi Kurt Waldheim
Lyrics

“When you hold a grudge, you want someone else's sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 135

“When you’ve had something for ten years that you hold so precious, it’s the toughest thing in the world to hand it over. And the only advice I can give you is, find somebody better than you to hand it to.”

Randy Pausch book The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture (2007)

“Did you ever dream you had a friend, Alec? Someone to last your whole life and you his. I suppose such a thing can’t really happen outside sleep.”

E.M. Forster book Maurice

Source: Maurice

“Life is a journey which is far more enjoyable when your holding hands with the ones you love”

Abhishek Bachchan (1976) Indian actor

Instagram Post, quoted on The Indian Express (February 6, 2016), "Aishwarya, Aaradhya and Bachchan clan holiday in Maldives on Abhishek’s 40th birthday" http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aishwarya-aaradhya-bachchans-holiday-maldives-abhisheks-40th-birthday/