“Pasear unos buenos mulos.”

“Es una realidad de la vida el hecho de que todos nos encontramos a uno u otro lado de un muro, de modo que la única solución es olvidarse de él o desarrollar unos dedos resistentes.”

“Si era straubriacato, ecco. Perché un mondo tutto distorto e sbagliato, come uno specchio deformante, tornava a fuoco soltanto se lo si guardava attraverso il fondo di una bottiglia.”

“No cabe duda de que poseemos un auténtico talento natural para esta clase de cosas -pensó Teppic-. Unos simples animales jamás podrían comportarse de esta manera. Ser realmente estúpido es algo que sólo está al alcance de un ser humano.”

“I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death."What does it contain, then?"ME.”

“Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.”

“It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.”