The culture of the river kingdom had a lot to say about death and what happened afterward. In fact it had… — Terry Pratchett
The culture of the river kingdom had a lot to say about death and what happened afterward. In fact it had very little to say about life, regarding it as a sort of inconvenient prelude to the main event and something to be hurried through as politely as possible. (p. 56)
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