Buried Alive/Quotes

"The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas."

—Flavor text of the Magic: The Gathering card "Buried Alive"

Six feet of earth muffled his cries.

—Claustrophobia flavor text,  Magic: The Gathering

"Did you really think sealing me in concrete and burying me in the yard was even going to slow me down?!"

—Ranma, Ranma ½

"A realization arrives
A shovel strikes the earth above

I'm being buried alive

—Riot, "Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart)"

"When they were done digging, we tied them and stabbed their legs with bayonets. Some of them screamed, and we laughed and kicked them to shut them up. We then rolled each man into his hole and covered him with the wet mud."

—Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Pugsley: Are they dead?

Wednesday: Does it matter?

—The Addams Family

"Un-fucking-believable..."

—Nathan, upon realizing he is immortal, but has been buried in a coffin, Misfits.

"Ok, burried alive. No need to panic. Beat HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLP!"

—Merton, Big Wolf on Campus