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> [“No man, unless he be dead in living, can feel at anchor in this life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-char/no-man-unless-he-be-dead-in-living-can-feel-at-anchor-in-this-life/)

[René Char](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-char/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/ren-char-15267_feel_no-man-unless-he-be-dead-in-living-can-f_3169036.png)

> [Two people cannot keep a secret unless one of them is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-queen/two-people-cannot-keep-a-secret-unless-one-of-them-is-dead/)

[Derek Queen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-queen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/derek-queen-28369_secrets_two-people-cannot-keep-a-secret-unless-o_2209484.jpg)

> [You are not truly a Warhol superstar unless you are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-curtis/you-are-not-truly-a-warhol-superstar-unless-you-are-dead/)

[Jackie Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-curtis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/jackie-curtis-88837_artist_you-are-not-truly-a-warhol-superstar-unl_623506.jpg)

> [No news is good news, unless you're dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-mirabal-ramos/no-news-is-good-news-unless-you-re-dead/)

[Ariel Mirabal-Ramos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-mirabal-ramos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/ariel-mirabal-ramos-78301_dead_no-news-is-good-news-unless-you-re-dead_508343.jpg)

> [How did you know you're alive, unless you'd once been dead?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/how-did-you-know-you-re-alive-unless-you-d-once-been-dead/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/alan-watts-587_alive_how-did-you-know-you-re-alive-unless-you_2195838.jpg)

> [“No one lies down in this place. Unless they’re dead. When you’re dead, you get to lie down and only after we’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-morgan/no-one-lies-down-in-this-place-unless-they-re-dead-when-you-re-dead/)

[Sarah Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/sarah-morgan-9388_christmas-romance_no-one-lies-down-in-this-place-unless-th_558847.jpg)

> [Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/things-change-whether-you-want-them-to-or-not-unless-you-are-dead-don/)

[Patricia Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-briggs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/patricia-briggs-571_change_things-change-whether-you-want-them-to-o_509682.png)

> [“Unless I’m dead, I’ll definitely be at your funeral. Just be sure to return the favor and show up at mine. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/unless-i-m-dead-i-ll-definitely-be-at-your-funeral-just-be-sure-to/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/jarod-kintz-2_death_unless-i-m-dead-i-ll-definitely-be-at-yo_2031505.jpg)

> [“I cannot be stopped unless I am dead. Nothing else can stop me. As long as no one has the balls to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-j-kirk/i-cannot-be-stopped-unless-i-am-dead-nothing-else-can-stop-me-as-long/)

[T.J. Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-j-kirk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/t-j-kirk-16012_life_i-cannot-be-stopped-unless-i-am-dead-not_882536.jpg)

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