I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive. Jane Austen
A death-blow is a life-blow to some Who, till they died, did not alive become; Who, had they lived, had died, but when They died, vitality begun. Emily Dickinson
[ Osama bin Laden is] either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive. Donald Rumsfeld
No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive. Banana Yoshimoto
Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole. John Steinbeck
A dog which refuses a bone is not alive. Somali Proverb