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title: "7 Dead Need Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Dead Need quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Dead Need sayings and thoughts."
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> [“You dead, or I need to hit you again? You know what, fuck it. I’m just going to hit you again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/you-dead-or-i-need-to-hit-you-again-you-know-what-fuck-it-i-m-just/)

[Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/)

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> [The dead have need of fairy tales too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/the-dead-have-need-of-fairy-tales-too/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/zbigniew-herbert-23947_dead_the-dead-have-need-of-fairy-tales-too-67_670746.png)

> [“The dead do not need aspirin or sorrow, I suppose. but they might need rain. not shoes but a place to walk.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-dead-do-not-need-aspirin-or-sorrow-i-suppose-but-they-might-need/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/charles-bukowski-73_after-death_the-dead-do-not-need-aspirin-or-sorrow-i_1126920.jpg)

> [“We have no need for genius - genius is dead. We have need for strong hands, for spirits who are willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/we-have-no-need-for-genius-genius-is-dead-we-have-need-for-strong/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/henry-miller-179_genius_we-have-no-need-for-genius-genius-is-dea_1397131.jpg)

> [“Even the dead need caring for”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-p-jones/even-the-dead-need-caring-for/)

[Gareth P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-p-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/gareth-p-jones-84229_compassion_even-the-dead-need-caring-for-1727860_1727860.jpg)

> [A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lynch/a-good-funeral-gets-the-dead-where-they-need-to-go-and-the-living/)

[Thomas Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lynch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/thomas-lynch-18339_dead_a-good-funeral-gets-the-dead-where-they_1921590.png)

> [“He wonders again if the dead need translators; perhaps in a moment, in a simple twist of unbecoming, they know everything they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/he-wonders-again-if-the-dead-need-translators-perhaps-in-a-moment-in/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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