"Go away, Mort thought. His subconscious was worrying him. It appeared to have a direct line to parts of his body that…"

"This is the Death whose particular sphere of operations is, well, not a sphere at all, but the Discworld, which is fl…"

"It wasn't that he was unhelpful, but he had the kind of vague, cheerful helpfulness that serious men soon learn to dr…"

"In short, Mort was one of those people who are more dangerous than a bag full of rattlesnakes. He was determined to d…"

"His father regarded him critically."

"Where did you say your business was?" said Lezek. "Is it far?"

"[Death pays for something from a large bag of assorted copper coinage, most of it turned blue and green with age]"

"The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He re…"

"There were temples, their doors wide open, filling the streets with the sound of gongs, cymbals and, in the case of s…"

"You like it?" he said to Mort, in pretty much the same tone of voice people used when they said to St George, "You ki…"