Terry David John Pratchett

Discworld 04 - Mort

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  • Yana Manukhinahas quoted5 years ago
    “It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?”

    Death’s face was a mask of terror. Well, it was always a mask of terror, but this time he meant it to be.
  • Yana Manukhinahas quoted5 years ago
    When you step off a cliff, your life takes a very definite direction.
  • proftihas quoted3 years ago
    There should be a word for the microscopic spark of hope that you dare not entertain in case the mere act of acknowledging it will cause it to vanish, like trying to look at a photon. You can only sidle up to it, looking past it, walking past it, waiting for it to get big enough to face the world.
  • proftihas quoted3 years ago
    The trumpets of command had become the piccolos of supplication.
  • proftihas quoted3 years ago
    Those wizards who had studied history nodded uncomfortably. It would be back to the stone floors and getting up when it was still dark and no alcohol under any circumstances and memorising the true names of everything until the brain squeaked.
  • proftihas quoted3 years ago
    They don't go in for the fancy or exotic, but stick to conventional food like flightless bird embryos, minced organs in intestine skins, slices of hog flesh and burnt ground grass seeds dipped in animal fats; or, as it is known in their patois, egg, soss and bacon and a fried slice.
  • Анастасия Павловаhas quoted3 years ago
    Goodbye,' Mart said, and was surprised to find a lump in his throat. 'It's such an unpleasant word, isn't it?'

    QUITE SO. Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn't have much option. But possibly he meant it, this time.

    I PREFER AU REVOIR, he said
  • Анастасия Павловаhas quoted3 years ago
    KEEP IT SAFE. IT'S A FUTURE AS WELL AS A PRESENT.

    Death put his skull on one side. IT'S A SMALL THING, he added. You COULD HAVE HAD ETERNITY.
  • Анастасия Павловаhas quoted3 years ago
    YOU MIGHT END UP WISHING YOU'D STAYED WITH ME.
  • Анастасия Павловаhas quoted3 years ago
    And then Death turned the hourglass over.
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