Requiescat Quotes

A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R. I. P. - requiescat in pace - you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression - I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,' which is simply rowdy. (Thomas Mann)
Life'll kill ya, That's what I said. Life'll kill ya, Then you'll be dead. Life'll find ya Wherever you go. Requiescat in pace That's all she wrote. View quote
Warren Zevon
R. I. P. A careless abbreviation of 'requiescat in pace', attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than 'reductus in pulvis'. View quote
Ambrose Bierce