TAQUEANT COLLOQUIA EFFUGIAT RISUS HIC LOCUS EST UBI MORS GAUDET SUCCURRERE VITAE “How’s your Latin, Dr. Austen?” Nathanson said. “Hmm. Let’s see…‘Speech quiets the place where Death is happy…’? That can’t be right.” He smiled. “It means, ‘Let conversation cease, let the smile flee, for this is the place where Death delights to help Life.’ ”
