Death Quote by Emma Donoghue

“You're late," said Death. "Something came up.”

— Alexis Hall

“So many dead people, so little time.”

— Darynda Jones

“I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine.”

— James Baldwin

“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

“Anything could happen while the dead slept. Which was why some would say a woman shouldn't tread alone through a cemetery at 2:55 on…

— DiAnn Mills

“Death had vanished from the streets of America, thought Shadow; now it happened in hospital rooms and in ambulances. We must not startle the…

— Neil Gaiman

“That's the funny thing about old people: they never seem in a hurry. I think old people have figured out that being five minutes…

— Shannon Wiersbitzky

“He's dead.' 'Dead?' Funny how people always repeat that word, even though they know they've heard it correctly. A kind of denial by delay.”

— C.J. Tudor

“The dead were too ...present.”

— Chris Bohjalian

“..."the waiting-room atmosphere in which death was the delayed train...”

— Edward St. Aubyn

“Because, yes, the day he’d predicted had arrived. The dead were fucking rising. Holy shit! What the fuck? Where is my shovel? He couldn’t…

— Eve Langlais

“I said earlier that dead things don't always stay dead.”

— Richelle Mead