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1 " Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage. "
― Michel de Montaigne , The Complete Essays
2 " How do you get all those coins?" asked Mort.IN PAIRS. "
3 " Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui. "
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
4 " And so Mort came at last to the river Ankh, greatest of rivers. Even before it entered the city, it was slow and heavy with the silt of the plains, and by the time it got to The Shades even an agnostic could have walked across it. It was hard to drown in the Ankh, but easy to suffocate. "
― Terry Pratchett , Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
5 " Well, remember, active Grims can't have children. Fertility is adversley affected by the proximity to the ether, to Elixir, and all sorts of other components-- plus, the Grimsphere is no place to raise a family, even if woman conceive here." Lex snuck a glance at Driggs, but Uncle Mort caught her." That doesn't mean you get a free pass to ride the baloney pony when ever you want to. Got it? "
6 " Albert grunted. " Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment." No," he said eventually, " what?" There was silence.Then Albert straightened up and said, " Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right. "
7 " It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest creature in the universe. In the great party of Creation, he was always in the kitchen. "
8 " Death lasts only a moment, but we think about it every moment. (La mort ne dure qu'un instant, - Mais on y pense chaque instant) "
9 " Here's the thing,' he said, his face strained. 'It's just that I've been treading really carefully around you and this whole Cordy thing all day, just like Mort told me to. And I had to make sure you saw her and were okay with it and got home safe — again, just like Mort told me to. And as much as I'd love to continue exploring the implications of Damning roadkill, the truth is' — he plunged his hands into his hair until it stuck up even more than usual — 'you've been back here in my presence for two agonizing hours now, and if we don't properly make out soon, I'm going to hurl myself off the roof. "
― Gina Damico , Scorch (Croak, #2)
