--- title: "12 Severed Head Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Severed Head quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Severed Head sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/lynn-viehl-25094_humor_alex-watched-the-severed-head-fall-and-t_482552.png" --- > [“Alex watched the severed head fall and the body slump over. 'I'm not reattaching that. Just FYI.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-viehl/alex-watched-the-severed-head-fall-and-the-body-slump-over-i-m-not/) [Lynn Viehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-viehl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/lynn-viehl-25094_humor_alex-watched-the-severed-head-fall-and-t_482552.png) > [“The soldier pulled the bag away from the severed head. It”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/the-soldier-pulled-the-bag-away-from-the-severed-head-it/) [C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/c-s-pacat-628_peace_the-soldier-pulled-the-bag-away-from-the_389573.jpg) > [Life is like a game of football, played with Hitler's severed head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/life-is-like-a-game-of-football-played-with-hitler-s-severed-head/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/socrates-405_fake_life-is-like-a-game-of-football-played-w_1186304.jpg) > [I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-hempel/i-moved-through-the-days-like-a-severed-head-that-finishes-a-sentence/) [Amy Hempel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-hempel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/amy-hempel-6636_moved_i-moved-through-the-days-like-a-severed_1235268.png) > [“The Orphic Machine is the poem: A severed head with face turned away that sings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/the-orphic-machine-is-the-poem-a-severed-head-with-face-turned-away/) [Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/allen-grossman-57124_computers_the-orphic-machine-is-the-poem-a-severed_2481410.jpg) > [And Death fell with me, like a deepening moan. And He, picking a manner of worm, which half had hid Its bruises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-owen/and-death-fell-with-me-like-a-deepening-moan-and-he-picking-a-manner/) [Wilfred Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/wilfred-owen-4642_bruises_and-death-fell-with-me-like-a-deepening_1035405.png) > [I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-hunter/i-figured-even-the-most-jaded-and-cynical-inhabitant-might-report-a/) [Faith Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/faith-hunter-13278_bloody_i-figured-even-the-most-jaded-and-cynica_1105787.png) > [“I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-hunter/i-figured-even-the-most-jaded-and-cynical-inhabitant-might-report-a-2/) [Faith Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/faith-hunter-13278_shifters_i-figured-even-the-most-jaded-and-cynica_1931905.png) > [“The dead are on their way to work, grey limbs rubbing together in an open grave, stack on stack in the metal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/the-dead-are-on-their-way-to-work-grey-limbs-rubbing-together-in-an/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/jeanette-winterson-166_bright-colors_the-dead-are-on-their-way-to-work-grey-l_2991874.jpg) > [“Time you got to know the estate,” he told Clovis. But before they crossed the courtyard, Sir Aubrey stopped by the statue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/time-you-got-to-know-the-estate-he-told-clovis-but-before-they/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/eva-ibbotson-2965_time_time-you-got-to-know-the-estate-he-told_1442148.png) > [“I dropped the head and kicked it into the crowd. I say “kicked” but in truth it’s a bad idea to kick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-the-crowd-i-say-kicked-but-in/) [Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/mark-lawrence-992_bad-idea_i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-th_1681783.png) > [“And David and Goliath I have done before, but this time there is a difference. David holds the head at arm's length…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-peachment/and-david-and-goliath-i-have-done-before-but-this-time-there-is-a/) [Christopher Peachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-peachment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/christopher-peachment-108755_black-hair_and-david-and-goliath-i-have-done-before_1409932.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/severed-head/#itemlist", "name": "Severed Head Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Alex watched the severed head fall and the body slump over. 'I'm not reattaching that. 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But before they crossed the courtyard, Sir Aubrey stopped by the statue with the severed head. He touched the neck stump with his stick, then ran it over the battered forehead and nose of the head lying on the ground. “Something I wanted to ask you, my boy,” he said. “About this statue. Could you leave the head the way it is after I go? Because of Dudley. Something to remember him by?” He sniffed and blew his nose. “After you go, sir?” “After I pop my clogs. Turn up my toes. Die, you know, what. 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And that exhausts my insights into the kicking of severed heads. Admittedly it’s more than most people have to offer on the subject but there were Mayans who knew a lot more than I do. That of course is a whole different ball-game.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Lawrence" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-the-crowd-i-say-kicked-but-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/mark-lawrence-992_bad-idea_i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-th_1681783.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/mark-lawrence-992_bad-idea_i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-th_1681783.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/mark-lawrence-992_bad-idea_i-dropped-the-head-and-kicked-it-into-th_1681783.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I dropped the head and kicked it into the crowd. 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