Dead Man Lives Quotes

“You cannot kill a man who is already dead. Instead, you actually immortalize him by continuing to speak his name.”
― Brandon L. Rucker

“Well, that’s about the size of it. You haven’t been good to me. Or Hi. And the world would be a better place without you. At least, our corner of it.”
“Elsie, come on. We can figure this out.” Jed recovered his swagger, despite the piss-stained pants. That confidence that he could charm his way out of the situation, even one as sad and dire as this one.
“Get out,” she said. “And don’t ever show your face around here again. Or in Kinney. Or anywhere there’s a person who knows you. You’re dead to me. And if you show up again, I can guarantee you’ll be dead to everyone else, too. Graveyard dead.
“I won’t save you from the Strong sisters a second time.”
She looked at the note in her hand, folded it. “Your parents will be sad to read this. But they love Hi. Don’t worry. We’ll be more than all right without you.”
Jed’s face registered first shock, incredulity. And then: anger. He looked furiously from sister to sister, hoping for a chink in the mortar, a break in the wall of their solidarity.
None was forthcoming.
He shook his head. “You Strongs think you’ve got it all figured out, and better’n everyone else. Even God Almighty. I’m glad to be rid of the lot of you.”
He started toward the loft door but then paused, glancing towards Shine’s pistol, which still lay on the floor.
“Don’t even think about it,” Rebecca said. “And leave your nag where she is or I’ll shoot her out from under you. Dead men don’t have need of horses. You’re lucky to walk out of here on your own two feet.
“And no necktie.”
― Michelle Collins Anderson, The Moonshine Women