Dead Quote by John Green

“The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.”

— Sabrina Jeffries

“Your duty is to society, and the dead have always been a part of society. How we treat the dead says much about us.”

— Alex Grecian

“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.”

— J.A. Jance

“The dead are sensitive to the living. They have walked this path ahead of us and know our fears, our failings, our desperate hopes,…

— Dean Koontz

“People naturally pay their respects to the dead. The person had, after all, just accomplished the personal, profound feat of dying.”

— Haruki Murakami

“The dead are past our help though it's hard sometimes to live without them. They take a piece of us with them when they…

— Hannah Nordhause

“The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always…

— Téa Obreht

“What do I care for life when you are dead?”

— Sophocles

“Funerals aren't for dead people. They're for the living.”

— Angie Thomas

“Honor the dead, treasure the living. For we are saved for a later grave to receive Thy eternal grace.”

— Kenyatta Kelechi

“You should respect death and respect the dead, not out of fear, but because it's the proper human thing to do.”

— Tom Jokinen

“We cry for ourselves, don't we? Not for the dead. The dead are past caring.”

— Clive Barker