dead
A dead thing can go with the stream
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” ~ G. K. Chesterton
Dead without it
You can’t have my heart, the doctor told me I’d be dead without it.
~ Drake
Do things worth writing
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
~ Benjamin Franklin