Beforehand Quote by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

What kind of man refers to himself as safely dead?

— Megan Whalen Turner

For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the…

— Walker Percy

Is anyone who's supposed to be dead actually dead?

— Karen Marie Moning

The dead person is not truly dead until the last person who rememebers them dies.

— Sarah Monette

I think being dead isn't any problem. It's the process of dying which is quite off-putting.

— John Mortimer

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

— Samuel Butler

“Usually, people die unknowingly. Come to think of it, can you die knowingly? Putting it akwardly: We are died as we are delivered. Nobody…

— Bert Keizer

“Old age is not meant to be survived alone," Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. "Death should come gently,…

— Edwidge Danticat

You know, everybody dies anyway. So, don't kill yourself while you're alive.

— Anonymous

There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately.

— Anne Enright

No one is ever really dead unless we find the body.

— Julia Barr

This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that…

— Julian Barnes