Hogfather - Understanding Death's Unusual Behavior
Susan:
My grandfather is Death.
Oh God of Hangovers:
Ooohh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Susan:
Death. You know, Death. The robes, the scythe, the white horse, bones. Death. But at the moment he's acting rather strange.
Oh God of Hangovers:
I just wanna make sure I've got this clear. You think your grandfather is Death and you think he's acting strange.
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Hogfather - Survival and Consequences in Uncertain Situations
Susan:
Well, that about wraps it up for this dress... I'd just like to ask, purely out of academic interest, you were sure I was going to survive, were you?
Death:
I was quite confident.
Susan:
Good. Now, tell me--
Death:
What would have happened if you hadn't saved him?
Susan:
Yes.
Death:
The sun would not have risen.
Susan:
Then what would have happened?
Death:
A mere ball of flaming gas would have illuminated the world.
Susan:
Alright, I'm not stupid. You're saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable?
Death:
No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
Susan:
With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death:
Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
Susan:
So we can believe the big ones?
Death:
Yes. Justice, mercy, duty, that sort of thing.
Susan:
Well, they're not the same at all.
Death:
You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder, and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet, you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.
Susan:
But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?
Death:
My point exactly. You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?
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Anna Karenina - Opinions on Anna and Karenin's Relationship
Lisa Merkalova:
Now, there's a phenomenon, look — Anna's shadow has arrived before Anna!
Anna's Friend:
I'm Anna's friend... but this making up one's mind to it in public is not polite to a distinguished man like Karenin.
Princess Myagkaya:
In my opinion Karenin is a fool, and Anna is the best of us.
Lisa Merkalova:
And we all love you for your contrary opinions, Princess.
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