Alive Quote by Joan Didion

I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I…

— Joan Didion

The dead are dead but they rely on us to fulfill their hopes.

— James A. Michener

The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

— Kenzaburo Oe

The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive

— Stanley Kubrick

The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.

— Haruki Murakami

Sometimes the dead are more alive than the living. And they can kill the living.

— Oriana Fallaci

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

— Confucius

“I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I…

— Joan Didion

The dead governs the living.

— Auguste Comte

The dead should not rule the living

— Thomas Jefferson

The dead don't die. They look on and help.

— Anonymous

The dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they let go hold of the earth . . .…

— Thornton Wilder