“What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)
“When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?”
— Alice Sebold, book The Lovely Bones
Source: The Lovely Bones
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