Dead-body Quote by Alan Bradley

“What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?”

— Elin Hilderbrand

“How could death not be appealing, when the only thing that gave him comfort in life was being unconscious?”

— Krystal Sutherland

“One strange feeling, which I remember clearly, was a powerful link with the slain, particularly those that had fallen within the past hour or…

— William Manchester

“There was nothing frightening about the dead man; there never is. No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it's only…

— Diana Gabaldon

“How surprising death was, how irrevocable and complete, how much itself.”

— Justin Cronin

“Death is the simplest act shrouded by the greatest mystery.”

— Jen Nadol

“The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I…

— Jim Butcher

“(A murderer about their victim:) "He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed…

— P.D. James

the very fact of the death of someone close to them aroused in all who heard about it, as always, a feeling of delight…

— Leo Tolstoy

“And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead?”

— Truman Capote

“The mourners clustered around the edge of the grave, paralyzed by the horror of this thing, this first discovery of death that was worse…

— Chris Cleave

“To see an almost certain horrible death--you know how crowds all sit at the edge of their seats, /praying/ subconsciously for a spectacular accident--and…

— Harlan Ellison