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After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me.

Quotes by William Lilly

Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.

Quotes by William John Wills

I am one of the crucified dead.

Quotes by William Henry Moody

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years old.

Quotes by William Gibson

For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this boy for whatever corner in my heart died when his childhood slid out of my arms.

Quotes by William Gibson

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

Quotes by William Gibson

Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.

Quotes by William Collins

Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.

Quotes by William Allingham

A man who is not with a woman is a dead man.

Quotes by William A. Drake

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

Quotes by Willa Cather

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.

Quotes by Wilfred Burchett

The one term I don't like to be called is a 'vulture.' Because to me, a vulture is a kind of asset-stripper that eats dead flesh off the bones of a dead creature. Our bird should be the phoenix, the...

Quotes by Wilbur Ross

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Quotes by Warren Zevon

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...

Quotes by Washington Irving

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

Quotes by Washington Irving

If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing.

Quotes by Wavy Gravy

You must prune dead or dying wood.

Quotes by Warren Giles

Woman absent is woman dead.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a motivational quote using "dead" as a warning against stagnation?
Yes - one quote frames staying static as a kind of death: "If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing."
What does the quote about sorrow and the dead say?
One quote reflects that "The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind" - suggesting grief can have a positive, clarifying effect over time.
Is there a quote about grief being a wound we choose to keep open?
Yes, in a similar reflective vein: one quote describes sorrow for the dead as unique among sorrows, one we "refuse to be divorced" from, unlike other wounds we might "seek to heal" or eventually forget.
Is there a short, well-known quote using "dead" in a lighthearted way?
Yes: "I'll sleep when I'm dead" - a common expression about pushing through and living life fully now.
Where can I find more quotes on related themes of loss?
See our Death quotes page, or if you want something more specific, our Dead End quotes collection.

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