Death Quote by George R.R. Martin

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.

— Anonymous

“Some of the dead are too useful for sympathy The past we own exists on stone and white paper.”

— Janet McAdams

“The dead were just the dead, neither awful nor remarkable. History separated out these individuals and preserved their names where others were obilterated for…

— Rosie Thomas

“The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future.”

— M.R. Gott

“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”

— Péter Esterházy

“If you would not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, Or do things worth the…

— Benjamin Franklin

“You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect...I digress, but here's the rub: The dead are…

— John Green

“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”

— J.K. Rowling

“The dead will only be dead if you stop remembering them.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“Should they inquire of the Dead on account of the Living?”

— Isaiah

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rottin', either write things width reading or do things worth writing.”

— Ben Franklin

“The dead have existed for as long as the living, give or take a few years. But what good has that done them?”

— James Aquilone