“You're not going to die, are you sir?' he said.
'Of course I am. Everyone is. That's what being alive is all about.”

—  Terry Pratchett , book Sourcery

Truckers, Ch. 7
The Nome Trilogy (1989 - 1990)
Source: Sourcery

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