"...you should want to help us find out if you're at all useful to us alive." "Because we're probably not that useful dead," Nudge said thoughtfully. "No," I agreed. "Well, maybe as doorstops." ..."Or like those thing in a parking lot that show wherethe cars should stop," suggested Iggy. He closed his eyes and went stiff, to demonstrate what it would look like. -Maximum Ride 3, J. Patterson