Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)

by Lois McMaster Bujold

“You don’t have to pray to do that,” said the divine. “You just have to die. It’s not hard.” He rubbed his second chin. “In fact, it’s unavoidable.”

“You are a most excellent lawyer, for a dead man.

“Poets speak of hope in ladies’ smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.”