He took his hands off the oars and pulled in the mooring rope. If I make a couple of loops, he thought, I can strap the axe on to my back. He had a mental picture of what could happen to a man who plunged into the cauldron below a waterfall with a sharp piece of metal attached to his body. G O O D MORNING.Vimes blinked. A tall dark robed figure was now sitting in the boat.' Are you Death?'IT'S THE SCYTHE, ISN'T IT? PEOPLE ALWAYS NOTICE THE SCYTHE.'I'm going to die?' P O S S I B L Y.' Possibly? You turn up when people are possibly going to die?' O H, YES. IT'S QUITE THE NEW THING. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.'What's that?' I' M NOT SURE.'That's very helpful. . Terry Pratchett
About This Quote

The assumption that everyone wants to hear about their own death. In this quote, the speaker is obviously very self conscious. He is not comfortable with talking about his own death and would rather avoid the subject of his own mortality. What makes the quote even more poignant is that the speaker is a person who can see into the future and have a clear idea of what will happen.

He knows that there is a good chance that he will die in some way, which brings a certain amount of sadness to him. If he had a clearer vision of his future, he wouldn't feel so nervous talking about it.

Source: The Fifth Elephant

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