The sight had been Jackaby's beautiful burden and his…

“He said in a deadly serious tone, ‘Momma, am I dead?’ And I said ‘no honey, you’re not dead’, and he shook his head,…

— Kirsty Moseley

Jesus does not want us to say, dead, for, He said, all live unto Him, though they seem dead to us.

— Maltbie Davenport Babcock

I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being dead, he…

— David Letterman

“Jake ignored him and went on. “If I ever do hook up with anybody again - and I sincerely doubt that I will, so…

— Jennifer Crusie

“fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said, but I said precedents.”

— Eminem

“If you're thinking of calling on that Mrs. Pentstemmon, you can save yourself the trouble. The old biddy's dead." "Dead?" said Sophie. She had…

— Diana Wynne Jones

“I can tell you that she's not breathing,” he said. “She has no heartbeat and all organ function and brain activity have stopped. Also…

— John Zakour

“There are undoubtedly advantages to being dead, said Julius.”

— Jonas Jonasson

“I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for a while,” said Ford, “and then I decided I was…

— Douglas Adams

“ A Word is Dead A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.”

— Emily Dickinson

“The dead," she said. "And we have plenty of dead between us, but the way we act, you'd think they were corpses hanging on…

— Laini Taylor

Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for…

— Douglas Adams

I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless.

— Arthur Golden

He's out here, somewhere, and he wants you dead,' she said. 'Him as killed your family. Us in the graveyard, we wants you to…

— Neil Gaiman

“Why isn’t he dead?’ he said eventually. ‘That is a good question. After all, meaning well hasn’t been a completely adequate shield in this…

— Francis Spufford