"I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it."
"Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead"
"So,"he asked. "How's death?""Hard,"she said. "It just keeps going."
"Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead"
"It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us,"said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you."
"The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies."