Books Quote by George R.R. Martin

Books are dead men talking.

— George R. R. Martin

“Who can call a man dead whose words still hush and whose sentiments move?”

— Clive Barker

“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, we live our lives based on dead men's tale.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The dead are dead, and talking won't bring them back to life.”

— Otfried Preußler

“Dead men did tell tales if you knew how to listen.”

— John Oakes

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.

— Christopher Paolini

“A book is dead until you read it.”

— Clive Barker

“If a book is not alive in the writer's mind, it is as dead as year-old horse shit.”

— Stephen King

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

— Laurie Anderson

“Bad enough when the dead come walking,"he said (Dolorous Edd) to Jon, "now the Old Bear wants them talking as well? No good will…

— George R.R. Martin

“We are the dead. We are the keepers of the stories. We hold the history of blood and promises. We are speaking. Are you…

— Libba Bray

“Because death is the end, and if a man doesn’t speak before it silences him, then the things he holds closest die with him.”

— Greg Iles