Folktales Quote by John Bennett

“He was in his coffin, ready to be buried, and yet he knew that he wasn’t dead.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I began to doubt that I would ever know the truth of what transpired, or who those people really were. But all that changed…

— James Caskey

“Though everyone in the bar knew who he was, no one asked him about the death, though one old man did rustle his newspaper…

— Donna Leon

“He was a simple honest man. He never strayed, He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid. And when he…

— Ted Gup

“Cory wondered if maybe some people were better off dead. When you’re dead you don’t have to face the horrors of life, whether it’s…

— Jesse Haubert

“...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?”

— Paul Simon

“I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.”

— David Hume

“He was surprised at how angry he sounded -no, how angry he felt. Because it was impossible. It was impossible and unfair, and he…

— Marissa Meyer

“Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his…

— Mitch Albom

“He was dead, all right. He had been shot, poisoned, stabbed, and strangled. Either somebody had really had it in for him or four…

— Richard S. Prather

“He didn't believe in himself. I have to say - with all this tragedy vocabulary going around - that I can see it so…

— Elizabeth LaBan

“...what an unfair advantage the dead had over the living, for there could be no rebuttal, no denial, nothing but the accusing silence of…

— Sharon Kay Penman