"Well, there won't be anything much to see for a while yet; most of it is still in the planning stage. Here's how the mausoleum is going to look. He pulled out a folder showing "Preconstruction Corridor" in pink and gray marble, and "Sunshine Garden—An Innovation in Out-of-doors Memorial Construction" in cream and blue. It was gratifying to note that the brochure advertised "Mausoleum staff to serve you every day of the year from sunrise to sunset," and particularly comforting (in view of the purpose of the property I was being offered) to learn that one's crypt would be "Judgement Proof."

—Jessica Mitford, The American Way of Death