“If you're thinking of calling on that Mrs. Pentstemmon, you can save yourself the trouble. The old biddy's dead." "Dead?" said Sophie. She had a silly impulse to add, But she was alive an hour ago! And she stopped herself, because death is like that: people are alive until they die.” DeathHowl S Moving CastleSophie Hatter Book:Howl's Moving Castle Source: Howl's Moving Castle