If you enjoyed laughing in the face of death, you might like to have a crack at High Saffron. One hundred merits, and all you have to do is take a look.' 'I understand there's a one hundred percent fatality rate?' 'True. But up until the moment of death there was a one hundred percent survival rate. Really, I shouldn't let anything as meaningless as statistics put you off.

I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights.

the best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe

The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.

Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.

Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.

Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.