#dead

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#goals #rushing #death

After I’m dead, I want to ghostwrite my autobiography. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#dead #death #ghostwrite #supernatural #death

There’s no getting better, Storm. This is it.” There’s no coming back from the dead. ↗

— K.A. Tucker

#death #k-a-tucker #ten-tiny-breaths #death

Being dead does have its advantages.”-Alastor ↗

— Dana Michelle Burnett

#death #dying #ghost #ghosts #haunted-houses

Octave staggered to his feet, his stick swinging back to point toward Nicholas. He felt a wave of heat and saw spellfire crackle along the length of polished wood, preparing itself for another explosive burst. Crack was moving toward Octave, but Madeline shouted, "Get back!" Nicholas ducked, as a shot exploded behind him. Octave fell backward on the carpet and the blue lightning flared once and vanished with a sharp crackle. Nicholas looked at Madeline. She stepped forward, holding a small double-action revolver carefully and frowning down at the corpse. He said, "I wondered what you were waiting for." "You were in my line of fire, dear," she said, preoccupied. "But look. ↗

— Martha Wells

#humor #relationship #snappy-dialogue #death

The country people, indeed, did not always clearly distinguish between the Fairies and the dead. They called them both the 'Silent People'; and the Milky Way they thought was the path along which the dead were carried to Fairyland. ↗

— Hope Mirrlees

#fairies #fairy #fairyland #silent-people #the-dead

You’ll know the economy is dead when industry stops and escalators turn into stairs. That’ll be the day slinkies take over the world.
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— Jarod Kintz

#death #economy #death

Bad enough when the dead come walking,"he said (Dolorous Edd) to Jon, "now the Old Bear wants them talking as well? No good will come of that, I'll warrant. And who's to say the bones wouldn't lie? Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints-the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do. . . . ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#death

A dozen cobras moved as one, shattering their bottles. Wine and glass sprayed the room. The snakes sprang for Isyllt's attacker with fangs unfolded. He screamed high and sharp as they uncoiled, long slick bodies whipping through the air. She wasn't sure if their venom could survive death and pickling, but it didn't seem to matter. After several bites, he curled on the floor, weeping and trying to bat the undead snakes away. ↗

— Amanda Downum

#undead #death

None of the dead come back. But some stay. ↗

— John of Patmos

#death-ghosts #death