Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist.

“I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards,…”

“It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest…”

“The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm …”

“There is always time for another last minute”