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title: "8 Dead Mean Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/this-is-what-those-who-haven-t-crossed-the-tropic-of-grief-often-fail/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/julian-barnes-522_alive_this-is-what-those-who-haven-t-crossed-t_487931.png)

> [It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/it-bothered-me-that-he-was-right-without-sir-stuart-s-intervention-i/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/jim-butcher-151_bothered_it-bothered-me-that-he-was-right-without_973538.png)

> [We tell ourselves that God is dead, when what we mean is that God is Dad, and we wish him dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-n-wilson/we-tell-ourselves-that-god-is-dead-when-what-we-mean-is-that-god-is/)

[A. N. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-n-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/a-n-wilson-9011_dad_we-tell-ourselves-that-god-is-dead-when_1216646.png)

> [With 'Lost,' some members of the cast would literally open the script and find out that they were dead. I mean, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-andrews/with-lost-some-members-of-the-cast-would-literally-open-the-script/)

[Naveen Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-andrews/)

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> [“He's dead now and by dead I mean dating a stripper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/he-s-dead-now-and-by-dead-i-mean-dating-a-stripper/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

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> [“Those who have no sense of posterity or any concern for future generations are the ones who are really dead. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/those-who-have-no-sense-of-posterity-or-any-concern-for-future/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/edward-abbey-254_dead_those-who-have-no-sense-of-posterity-or_2038573.png)

> [What did dead mean, Ray wondered. It meant lost, it meant frozen, it meant gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/what-did-dead-mean-ray-wondered-it-meant-lost-it-meant-frozen-it/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/alice-sebold-999_bones_what-did-dead-mean-ray-wondered-it-meant_2909772.jpg)

> [I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-crow/i-m-not-dead-i-mean-i-may-be-getting-older-but-i-m-not-dead/)

[Sheryl Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-crow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/sheryl-crow-2654_dead_i-m-not-dead-i-mean-i-may-be-getting-old_3191327.jpg)

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