DEAD, adj.
There was a lot they didn't tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.
--Stephen King
DEAD, adj.
Done with the work of breathing; done With all the world; the mad race run Though to the end; the golden goal Attained and found to be a hole!
Squatol Johnes
--Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary