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“The difference between dead and not dead had never been so hard to see. It was the slimmest of lines. Possible to cross at…

— Suzanne Brockmann

“Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee?”

— Mary Shelley

“the lawyers’ saying ‘Le mort saisit le vif’? The dead grip the living. The prince dies but his power passes at the moment of…

— Hilary Mantel

“Murderers — serving life sentences — were caring for their dying fellow inmates. Washing their bed-sore covered bodies, changing their diapers, holding their hands…

— Lisa R. Cohen

“There was a saying in our family that no one ever died; people just dried up, were hung on a hook, and conducted their…

— Mildred Armstrong Kalish

“The dead kept vigil in the streets, in homes, demanding peace and justice.”

— Maurizio de Giovanni

“Block of Death. Just inside the door on the left is the room where they held the proceedings. Jarek remarks that the SS officer…

— Christopher Buckley

In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is…

— Lady Gregory

“Hit the Dead for they won't listen, Hit the Dead for they don't know, Hit the Dead they're all imprisoned, Hit the Dead before…

— Peter L Masters

“Anything outside the barbed wire became remote - out of reach and, in a way, unreal. The events and the people outside, all the…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“He was no stranger to brutal death. Both as sheriff and as a cop on Chicago's south side, he'd seen his share of dying.…

— William Kent Krueger

“Let us imagine a number of men in fetters, and all condemned to death, some of whom are executed each day in the sight…

— Balise Pascal