The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.
Terry PratchettOther people salted away money for their old age, but Nanny preferred to accumulate memories.
Terry PratchettPrevious generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old.
Terry Pratchett