Speaking Quote by Marieke Nijkamp

“Has anyone ever been able to prevent the dead from talking to one another?”

— Rabisankar Bal

“I closed my eyes. I used to think I was protecting the world, too. But it wasn't that simple. Nothing was. Who were we…

— Kiersten White

“...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

“I do not think that hour there told me anything I could not have imagined myself, but being there, in that silence, gave me…

— Jennifer Lynch

“I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“Everyone wishes they could speak again to those who've gone to the land of the dead.”

— Philip Pullman

“At the same time, it seemed certain to me that someday I would really want to hear his voice and wouldn't be able to,…

— Elif Batuman

“I've been desperately unhappy in my life." Her voice was quiet. "Have you, Chief Inspector?" It wasn't a response he could have predicted. He…

— Louise Penny

“Can you reason with the dead?”

— Bree Despain

“The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.”

— Robert Galbraith

“Who says I’m dying? Did you see the amount of sheer effort it took me to escape the land of the dead? I’m not…

— Jonathan Stroud

“I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I'd only make myself more miserable. All we can do…

— anne frank