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title: "54 Dead Living Quotes by 50 authors"
description: "Browse 54 Dead Living quotes by 50 authors. Discover the best Dead Living sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Dead Are Living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-lucker/the-dead-are-living/)

[Mitch Lucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-lucker/)

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> [The king dead is a living god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/the-king-dead-is-a-living-god/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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> [Many humans are more forgiving, to the dead then the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/many-humans-are-more-forgiving-to-the-dead-then-the-living/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/you-shall-not-dwell-in-tombs-made-by-the-dead-for-the-living/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [There is no greater tyranny than that of the dead over the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/there-is-no-greater-tyranny-than-that-of-the-dead-over-the-living/)

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

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> [“Sometimes I think the force is stronger in the dead than in the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-berry/sometimes-i-think-the-force-is-stronger-in-the-dead-than-in-the-living/)

[steve berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-berry/)

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> [The voice of the dead was a living voice to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/the-voice-of-the-dead-was-a-living-voice-to-me/)

[Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/)

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> [Leave em dead in the living room get it leave em dead in the living room](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/leave-em-dead-in-the-living-room-get-it-leave-em-dead-in-the-living/)

[Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/)

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> [“Save words like ‘sorry.’ Save for the dead. Living don’t need them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-maberry/save-words-like-sorry-save-for-the-dead-living-don-t-need-them/)

[Jonathan Maberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-maberry/)

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> [“Society is a partnership of the dead, the living and the unborn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/society-is-a-partnership-of-the-dead-the-living-and-the-unborn/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [“I think eulogies are wasted on the dead. It’s the living who need to hear kind words spoken about them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-think-eulogies-are-wasted-on-the-dead-it-s-the-living-who-need-to/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [“I had chosen the dead rather than the living, the thing thought rather than the thing thinking!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-had-chosen-the-dead-rather-than-the-living-the-thing-thought-rather/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [“I will take a new approach to death, because what is important about death is not the dead. It’s the living. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jael-mchenry/i-will-take-a-new-approach-to-death-because-what-is-important-about/)

[Jael McHenry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jael-mchenry/)

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> [“The difference maybe between the living and the dead: the living often want to be numb, the dead never do ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/the-difference-maybe-between-the-living-and-the-dead-the-living-often/)

[Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/)

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> [Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/fame-is-the-inheritance-not-of-the-dead-but-of-the-living-it-is-we/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [“Thought is actually something that is dead, it is not a living thing. If ‘Self’ gets engrossed in what is dead, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/thought-is-actually-something-that-is-dead-it-is-not-a-living-thing/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [“the difference between the living and the dead.  The living run away when you shoot at them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-rob-wright/the-difference-between-the-living-and-the-dead-the-living-run-away/)

Iain Rob Wright

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> [The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-border-between-the-dead-and-the-living-if-you-re-mexican-doesn-t/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [“The world was made for the dead. Think of all the dead there are...There's a million times more dead than living and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/the-world-was-made-for-the-dead-think-of-all-the-dead-there-are-there/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [We're living or dying. We're already dead, the living dead. So do what you gotta do. Take care of your family, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/schoolboy-q/we-re-living-or-dying-we-re-already-dead-the-living-dead-so-do-what/)

[Schoolboy Q](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/schoolboy-q/)

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> [“So am I dead? How many kinds of living and dead and living dead and dead living had I been in just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-frances-turner/so-am-i-dead-how-many-kinds-of-living-and-dead-and-living-dead-and/)

[Joan Frances Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-frances-turner/)

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> [All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/all-that-seems-indispensible-in-stating-the-account-between-the-dead/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Perhaps I'm dead. Perhaps this is all it will be. The living will carry on in their world – touching, walking. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/perhaps-i-m-dead-perhaps-this-is-all-it-will-be-the-living-will-carry/)

[Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/)

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> [There Is alternative after death, The Living Cry For The Dead, Nt because they are dead, but the living cry for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-ethereal/there-is-alternative-after-death-the-living-cry-for-the-dead-nt/)

[Miles Ethereal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-ethereal/)

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> [One of the uncovenanted benefits of living for a long time is that, having so many more dead than living friends, death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-jameson/one-of-the-uncovenanted-benefits-of-living-for-a-long-time-is-that/)

[Storm Jameson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/storm-jameson/)

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> [The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life. Like my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-border-between-the-dead-and-the-living-if-you-re-mexican-doesn-t-2/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [It is so much easier to deal with the dead than with the living. The dead are out of the way, merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/it-is-so-much-easier-to-deal-with-the-dead-than-with-the-living-the/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [“Ozymandias controls not only the dead, but the living. He works the dark magics, and it is said he knows the paths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jana-oliver/ozymandias-controls-not-only-the-dead-but-the-living-he-works-the/)

[Jana Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jana-oliver/)

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> [To live a life half dead, a living death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/to-live-a-life-half-dead-a-living-death/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/history-is-a-pact-between-the-dead-the-living-and-the-yet-unborn/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [“He who was living is now dead. We who were living are now dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/he-who-was-living-is-now-dead-we-who-were-living-are-now-dying/)

[T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/)

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> [“Angels often do now know whether they walk among the dead or living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rilke-rainer-maria/angels-often-do-now-know-whether-they-walk-among-the-dead-or-living/)

[Rilke, Rainer Maria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rilke-rainer-maria/)

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> [Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/death-cannot-be-experienced-either-by-the-dead-or-the-living/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

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> [“Funerals aren't for the dead. They're for the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/funerals-aren-t-for-the-dead-they-re-for-the-living/)

[Gavin Extence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-extence/)

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> [Nothing is stronger than the position of the dead among the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/nothing-is-stronger-than-the-position-of-the-dead-among-the-living/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have-to-go-on-living/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“I was generally in favor of segregation of the dead and the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-cook/i-was-generally-in-favor-of-segregation-of-the-dead-and-the-living/)

[Eileen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-cook/)

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> [While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/while-seeking-out-the-dead-i-see-nothing-but-the-living/)

[Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/)

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> [“I'm not scared of the dead. It's the living that scares me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamidah-gul/i-m-not-scared-of-the-dead-it-s-the-living-that-scares-me/)

Hamidah Gul

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> [For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/for-the-dead-and-the-living-we-must-bear-witness/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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