On Equal Rites

Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites - It wasn't a large village, and wouldn't have shown up on a map of the mountains. It barely showed up on a map of the village. - - [Wizard]: 'But she's going to have a lot of problems.' [Death]: 'That's what life is all about.' - - Time passed, which, basically, is its job. - - It didn't occur to her to start worrying. For the first eight years of her life the world had been a particularly boring place and now that it was becoming interesting Esk wasn't about to act ungrateful. - -...