Time Quote by Elif Batuman

“The one voice I would hear even in death. A rotting corpse in the ground, I would sit up and take notice.”

— Sophie Jordan

“I began with the desire to speak with the dead.”

— Stephen Greenblatt

“Has anyone ever been able to prevent the dead from talking to one another?”

— Rabisankar Bal

“I wanted him dead too, so that if I couldn't stop thinking about him and worrying about when would be the next time I'd…

— André Aciman

“The most difficult part of communicating with ghosts was really just getting their attention and letting them know that, yes, he was someone they…

— shukyou

“The only messages from the dead that I’d heard had sounded as if they came from creatures that had lost their minds.”

— Louis L'Amour

“When he was dead I realized that I had hardly ever spoken to him. When he had been dead a long time I began…

— James Baldwin

“I thought maybe we mourned not only for the dead but also for the living. We felt their absence before we knew for sure…

— Vaddey Ratner

“I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“I tried to imagine him capital-S Somewhere as we prayed, but even then I could not quite convince myself that he and I would…

— John Green

“In reality I said nothing at all, but I heard a murmur, something gone wrong with the silence, and I pricked up my ears,…

— Samuel Beckett

“I wanted to listen to him, but I did not want to answer now. That strange responsibility we feel towards others when they speak,…

— Sebastian Barry