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

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.

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.

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.

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.

All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.

You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term.

We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.

The fact that women are the primary care-givers is a problem for women and men

It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.

When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born.

But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.

I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy'. I wanted to share (that) story.