Dead Horse Trope/Quotes

"If there's one thing TV executives like doing it's raping a dead horse."

- Cracked

"The entire crime-writing fraternity yesterday bade a tearful farewell to the last "locked room" mystery at a large banquet held in it's honor. . . . DCI Chymes then gave a glowing eulogy before being interrupted by the shocking news that the 'locked room' concept had been 'murdered' - and in a locked room."

- The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde

"Right, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or maybe, what doesn't kill you is just killing you slowly. I first read that line on the internet ten years ago. The rebuttal to the cliché is, itself, now a cliché. That's how cliché it is!"

- Todd in The Shadows