One of the things I find in writing about people who are dead is that, after a short or long time, no matter how close the relationship was, they become like characters in fiction.
In the forensic science course I took at university they used photographs of dead bodies. For ballistics they showed us a guy lying on the floor, and his head had burst.
By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.
A faithful lifehacker would use technology to avoid dead time and move on to the entertaining, more gratifying activities as soon as possible.
I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.
In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to Jerry and Bob and all the guys in the band for making up this wonderful music.
Hundreds and hundreds of the dead were so badly burned in the terrific heat generated by the bomb that it was not even possible to tell whether they were men or women, old or young.
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
Otter: Ah, she broke our date. Boon: Washing her hair? Otter: Dead mother.
Villager: He isn't human. Frankenstein made him out of dead bodies.
Princess Isabelle: The king will be dead in a month and his son is a weakling. Who do you think will rule this kingdom?
Kyouichi Motobuchi: If I survive, can I go home? Teacher Kitano: Yes, but only if everyone else is dead.
Marty: [looking at a doctored photo of Ray and Abby] Dead? Private Detective Visser: So it would seem.
Holly Golightly: I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead.
Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.
Just being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time.
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.
For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
