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title: "13 Lay Dying Quotes by 13 authors"
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> [“As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/as-i-lay-dying-the-woman-with-the-dog-s-eyes-would-not-close-my-eyes/)

[Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/)

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> [“the listening part is afraid that there may not be time to say it". Dewey Dell - As I Lay Dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-listening-part-is-afraid-that-there-may-not-be-time-to-say-it/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [“No one intervened—hardly surprising, thought Rosner, for intervention would have been intolerant—and no one thought to comfort him as he lay dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-silva/no-one-intervened-hardly-surprising-thought-rosner-for-intervention/)

[Daniel Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-silva/)

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> [She had never felt more alive than when she lay dying in Han Alister's arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cinda-williams-chima/she-had-never-felt-more-alive-than-when-she-lay-dying-in-han-alister/)

[Cinda Williams Chima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cinda-williams-chima/)

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> [“He thought of the promises he’d made Lyanna as she lay dying, and the price he’d paid to keep them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/he-thought-of-the-promises-he-d-made-lyanna-as-she-lay-dying-and-the/)

[George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/)

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> [A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-norton/a-soldier-of-the-legion-lay-dying-in-algiers-there-was-a-lack-of/)

[Caroline Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-norton/)

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> [“But as he lay dying in the bedroom of his Collingwood Street apartment, the beloved entertainer could hear the crowd chanting his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-talbot/but-as-he-lay-dying-in-the-bedroom-of-his-collingwood-street/)

[David Talbot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-talbot/)

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> [“She lay dying, wrapped in invisible robes of martyrdom, presenting her helplessness and passivity to him like adornments, and his dominant feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/she-lay-dying-wrapped-in-invisible-robes-of-martyrdom-presenting-her/)

[Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/)

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> [While thousands of Americans die alone, Donald touts stock market gains. As my father lay dying alone, Donald went to the movies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-l-trump/while-thousands-of-americans-die-alone-donald-touts-stock-market/)

[Mary L. Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-l-trump/)

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> [John Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is very important to me as an influence. When I didn't know how to start Mr.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-hunt/john-faulkner-s-as-i-lay-dying-is-very-important-to-me-as-an/)

[Samantha Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-hunt/)

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> [Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' had an immense effect on me, and most of my novels bear the burn marks of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/faulkner-s-as-i-lay-dying-had-an-immense-effect-on-me-and-most-of-my/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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> [“You’ll fight, damn it. You’ll not give over this easily. God is not ready for you yet because I am not through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-banks/you-ll-fight-damn-it-you-ll-not-give-over-this-easily-god-is-not/)

[Maya Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-banks/)

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> [“Sitting on the divan, she touched a finger to the bullet wound in his chest. It seemed so small, so incapable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamila-shamsie/sitting-on-the-divan-she-touched-a-finger-to-the-bullet-wound-in-his/)

[Kamila Shamsie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamila-shamsie/)

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