Death Quote by Sue Grafton

“The dead speak to those who listen. Be quieter than even them.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

“The dead, Your Honor, do not agonize over their crimes and do not long to be happy, as you know. If from time to…

— Hassan Blasim

“What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire…

— T.S. Eliot

“None of the dead can rise up and answer our questions. But from all they have left behind, their imperishable and dissolving gear, we…

— Bjorn Kurten

“Who can call a man dead whose words still hush and whose sentiments move?”

— Clive Barker

“...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

“The dead don't talk. Perhaps they know things about death that the living are not permitted to learn from them.”

— Dean Koontz

“And what of the dead? I own that I thought of myself, at times, almost as dead. Are they not locked below ground in…

— Gene Wolfe

“The dead are seldom silent.”

— Paula Brackston

“The agony of the dead is with us, and we hear their screams and walk among their ghosts. We cannot avert our eyes or…

— Ken Liu

“The dead are like puppets: even when their own words are brought forth, they are ventriloquized by the living.”

— Nicole Rudick

“No one lacks voice. Not even the dead. But many lack ears, the ability to hear those stories out of which the most destitute…

— Demetria Martinez