319 quotes found
“I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive.”
“Drakes dead, Astrid said. Dead people dont come back. Lets not be ridiculous.Howard made a derisive snort. Okay. Thats as far as I go with you on this, Sammy boy. He made a hand-washing gesture.Ast...”
“Daddy?Im right here, baby.Lumps form in my throat, going all the way down into the core of me.Its his voice. His. Right there. I reach toward the doorknob but I dont get to turn it.Nick smashes at ...”
“Conflict occurs everywhere except in the cemetery. Everyone experiences conflict except the dead. Thankful for being alive...”
“So you tied the dead to alive person and now...YOu have just prepared the alive to be the 5 victim!”
“They're dead. We're alive. We have things to do.”
“I must be alive," Gawain said hoarsely. "Dead doesn't hurt this much.”
“In short, you had that particular ability which I never had: the ability to be alive.”
“Whats the difference between being dead, and just not knowing youre alive?”
“But it's fair to say that the war's [WWI] dialectic forced those who were more or less alive to go to their death, and gave those who were more or less dead the right to live. And if the war manage...”
“Being certain one is alive isn't something to which one pays mind. If you could ask the question, you were fine. If you could not, hopefully you had a cozy coffin.”
“I think I must be bleeding. I think, if Im thinking, I must be alive. I think, my arms must be here somewhere, I can feel them under the concrete. I think, what am I holding, what am I lying on top...”
“There are, in fact,a cognitive itchand a divination using the human formwhile being alive,when life is not alive in its own senseexcept for the eternity.”
“Wild waves rise and fall when they arrive And thats what makes the calm sea alive”
“Breathe as long as the sky is alive”
“And thats the problem. When yourealive, people can hurt you. Its easier to crawl into a bonecage or a snowdrift of confusion. Its easier to lock everybodyout.But its a lie.”
“I feel like Im going to get in a fight one day about the validity of falling in love so fast. Not a heated one because why would I give a shit if some other person gets it or not? Right now, its no...”
“Gradually the feeling wears off, and I feel swamped again by the inexplicable pettiness of being alive.”
“Miss you?" He grated the incredulous question, dropping his mouth to her temple. "You left me without a soul. I can barely remember the days since you left. They passed without me feeling a single ...”
“Don't you enjoy being alive? Don't you like feeling: This is me, this is my hand, this is my leg, I'm real, I'm solid, I'm alive! Don't you like this?”
