The breath can stop. The heart can stop. It still doesn't mean death. Men have lived...

6 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:53.872 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Please listen to me. I've got to make you understand. He's not dead. No. I won't believe it. He's not dead.

- But Dr. Drossos is a Medical Officer.

- I don't care who he is. He doesn't know. He can't tell.

- I'll make any tests you want.

- Look. He's not dead!

- If there is the faintest breath of life, it will cloud the mirror. You see?

- The breath can stop. The heart can stop. It still doesn't mean death. Men have lived...

- Quite right. In cataleptic trance, a man may live for days with no visible sign of life. The breath suspended, the heartbeat stilled. But this man is dead.

- What difference does it make? Uncovered or covered, the eyes see no more.

- Looks all right. It'll give us all something to do.

- Better to watch the wind and hope that it changes than to watch each other and have no hope at all.

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