--- title: "1 Dead Person Quotes By Paul Aertker" description: "1 Dead Person quotes by Paul Aertker. Plus more from Paul Aertker and more Dead Person sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/paul-aertker-48638_dead-baby_lucas-crept-around-the-building-to-the-b_2352604.jpg" --- > [“Lucas crept around the building to the back parking lot. And there it was, just like he had seen from the roof—a baby lying in a shopping cart. Lucas’s mind went negative. What if the kid was dead? He tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/lucas-crept-around-the-building-to-the-back-parking-lot-and-there-it/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/paul-aertker-48638_dead-baby_lucas-crept-around-the-building-to-the-b_2352604.jpg) ## More by Paul Aertker > [“In climbing, there was always a fraction of a second between the security of being locked in and the freedom of an actual rappel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/in-climbing-there-was-always-a-fraction-of-a-second-between-the/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“The sign above the door was written in French. It read: ARRÊTE ! C’EST ICI L’EMPIRE DE LA MORT. “That means,” he explained to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/the-sign-above-the-door-was-written-in-french-it-read-arr-te-c-est/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“No matter how bad your past is, you still don’t want it erased.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/no-matter-how-bad-your-past-is-you-still-don-t-want-it-erased/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“Lucas Benes lay in a sleeping bag on the roof of his father’s hotel, dreaming about a past he couldn’t remember.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/lucas-benes-lay-in-a-sleeping-bag-on-the-roof-of-his-father-s-hotel/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“The wrought-iron gate squeaked as Lucas opened it. He lowered the rented bike down the stone steps and onto the sidewalk. To his right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/the-wrought-iron-gate-squeaked-as-lucas-opened-it-he-lowered-the/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“Working on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/working-on-it/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“Lucas crept around the building to the back parking lot. And there it was, just like he had seen from the roof—a baby lying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/lucas-crept-around-the-building-to-the-back-parking-lot-and-there-it/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) > [“Doing something was better than doing nothing. Without warning Lucas hit the emergency stop but-ton, and the elevator braked with an uncomfortable jolt. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-aertker/doing-something-was-better-than-doing-nothing-without-warning-lucas/) [Paul Aertker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-aertker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-person/paul-aertker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Dead Person Quotes By Paul Aertker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lucas crept around the building to the back parking lot. And there it was, just like he had seen from the roof—a baby lying in a shopping cart. Lucas’s mind went negative. What if the kid was dead? He tried to think if he had ever seen a dead person before. He’d never been to a funeral, and he knew he had never seen a dead baby. And he definitely didn’t want to. His heart pounded in his chest. Lucas walked, almost tiptoed, toward the shopping cart. 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