“Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like
diamonds, was forever.”

“I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over?”

“Gold is cold, diamonds are dead, a limousine is a car, don't pretend, feel what's real… ”

“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”

“With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It's like quicksand… hopeless from the start.”

“We give our dead
To the orchards
And the groves.
We give our dead
To life.”

“Ah, but she was a pastel wearer. She was forever dead to Sabine.”

“Everybody is forever saying that the essay is dead. This is always said in essays.”

“Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped;
And they have kept it since by being dead.”

“Even if you live to one hundred, you’ll still be dead forever.”