" You have no power over us, said the Auditor. We are notalive.

BUT YOU ARE DEMONSTRATING ARROGANCE, PRIDE AND STUPIDITY. THESE ARE EMOTIONS. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE SIGNS OF LIFE.

"Excuse me?" said the shining figure in white.

But you are all alone here!

"Excuse me?"

YES? said Death. WHAT IS IT?

"This is the Apocalypse, yes?" said the shining figure petulantly.

WE ARE TALKING.

"Yes, right, but is it the Apocalypse? The actual end of the actual whole world?"

No, said the Auditor.

YES, said Death. IT IS.

"Great!" said the figure.

What? said the Auditor.

WHAT? said Death. "

― Terry Pratchett , Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)