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“There was already something dead about him. He didn’t rear back in his knees any longer. He squatted over his ankles when he walked.…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“He went down and found the body floating. Francis had been dead about an hour. In one of his hands, clutched so that they…

— Winston Graham

“You are in good shape for a dead man.”

— Mario Stinger

“He was dead. No trace of pain, no sufferings, no victimization.”

— Prerna Varma

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

— Gabriel García Márquez

“He who kneels may rise again, blade in hand. He who will not kneel stays dead, stiff legs and all.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Whatever had killed him, it hadn't been human. His face was gone, simply torn away. Something had ripped his lips off. I could see…

— Jim Butcher

“He was dead. Even with practice he would never be any deader.”

— Howard Browne

“It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I’m not dead either.”

— George R.R. Martin

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

— Paul Simon

“Pain and guilt tore through him. His soul was bleeding to death. He stood there, waiting to die. How could he not? But such…

— Diana Pharaoh Francis