Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)

by Terry Pratchett

“I haven’t put in the bit about being of sound mind and body yet, lot of foolishness anyway, no one sound in mind and body would be dead.

Logic would have said all that, if only Logic hadn’t taken the night off too.

The sun crept over the horizon, decided to make a run for it, and began to rise.

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?”