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title: "12 Dead Dying Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Dead Dying quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Dead Dying sayings and thoughts."
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> [“No shit, there's worse ways to be dead than dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/no-shit-there-s-worse-ways-to-be-dead-than-dying/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I'd rather be dead than dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-evans/i-d-rather-be-dead-than-dying/)

[Stephen Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-evans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/stephen-evans-36127_dead_i-d-rather-be-dead-than-dying-1330520_1330520.jpg)

> [You must prune dead or dying wood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-giles/you-must-prune-dead-or-dying-wood/)

[Warren Giles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-giles/)

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> [“You're not dead. I'm not dead. Why? How? Dying wasn't on my list.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-adams/you-re-not-dead-i-m-not-dead-why-how-dying-wasn-t-on-my-list/)

[Alex Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/alex-adams-14685_dead_you-re-not-dead-i-m-not-dead-why-how-dyi_2530308.jpg)

> [Where will you be when God is glorifying? There we will be between the dead and dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cradle-of-filth/where-will-you-be-when-god-is-glorifying-there-we-will-be-between-the/)

[Cradle Of Filth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cradle-of-filth/)

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> [“The fire was nothing now but a funeral of smoke, dead and dying, simultaneously.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/the-fire-was-nothing-now-but-a-funeral-of-smoke-dead-and-dying/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/death-is-not-the-monarch-for-the-dead-but-of-the-dying-the-moment-he/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Not dead-dying. Funny how two things could be so similar and yet so far apart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/not-dead-dying-funny-how-two-things-could-be-so-similar-and-yet-so/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/those-who-speak-of-our-culture-as-dead-or-dying-have-a-quarrel-with/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/muriel-rukeyser-7348_culture_those-who-speak-of-our-culture-as-dead-o_1284088.jpg)

> [I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-preferred-to-hang-out-with-the-dead-dying-or-desperate-books-used/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/david-levithan-67_book_i-preferred-to-hang-out-with-the-dead-dy_1877796.jpg)

> [Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/being-over-seventy-is-like-being-engaged-in-a-war-all-our-friends-are/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/st-jerome-3227_death_being-over-seventy-is-like-being-engaged_692593.png)

> [“Somebody better be dead or dying." He froze mid-step when he saw her. It might have been wishful thinking but she could've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherrie-lynn/somebody-better-be-dead-or-dying-he-froze-mid-step-when-he-saw-her-it/)

[Cherrie Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherrie-lynn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/cherrie-lynn-7356_looking-pretty_somebody-better-be-dead-or-dying-he-froz_2858934.jpg)

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