„So this was how you died, in whispers that you did not hear.“

— Ernest Hemingway
„This conversation is bound to turn up. Two guys in a street meet each other, and one of them says, "Hey, did you hear? Phil Davis died." "Phil Davis? I just saw him yesterday." "Yeah? … Didn't help. He died anyway. Apparently, the simple act of you seeing him did not slow his cancer down. In fact, it may have made it more aggressive. You know, you could be the cause for Phil's death. How do you live with yourself?"“
— George Carlin
„Well, why did you kill Jeremiah? And don't bother feeding me some story about how you just happened to wander along after he spontaneously died. I know you did this.“
— Cassandra Clare
„So the men did, and they died.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?“
— Jodi Picoult
„If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.“
— Ben Carson