And he goes around killing people?” said Mort. He shook his head. “There’s no justice.”Death sighed. No, he said... there’s just me.

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

Oh. I see. People don't want to see what can't possibly exist.

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, " he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?

How do you get all those coins?" asked Mort.IN PAIRS.

His granny taught him to read, see. I reckon it overheated his mind.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

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.

Of puns it has been said that those most dislike who are least able to utter them.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.

Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

Blessed are the dumbfucks.

There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship.

That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see in others, though not so clearly in ourselves.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.