Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

by Terry Pratchett

“Dead men don’t find things out,” said Lu-Tze.

They hadn’t yet realized the dimensions of duplicity that you needed to survive as a human being.

“That is immaterial. Seniority is seniority. This is a fact.”

“You can’t think about just one person while you’re saving the world.