“Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn’t have much option.”
(Terry Pratchett, Mort)
The poor sod can’t even smirk.
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The Shortcomings of DEATH
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Are You Prepared
to be harvested? (not the soylent green way, though) “LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?”Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man (For those who don’t know – DEATH on the Discworld always speaks in capital letters to convey the … Continue reading Are You Prepared
A Mere Ball of Flaming Gas
This quote is from The Hogfather, a discworld novel by Terry Pratchett which is all about beliefs. It comes at the end of the novel and in order to avoid spoilers I won’t explain too much. DEATH (always talking in capitals to convey his gravitas) … Continue reading A Mere Ball of Flaming Gas
It’s not DEATH
I couldn’t get DEATH to pose for me, so here is Death of Rats.
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NO UNMASKING BEFORE MIDNIGHT
I’ve often been outspoken about the fact that I am a fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. One of my favourite characters is – like for many other readers – DEATH. This anthropomorphic personification of death sometimes dabbles in human endeavours like when he takes out his apprentice to a restaurant for a curry or when he eats little pieces of cheese impaled on little wooden skewers next to some grapes. He tries so hard but never quite gets it completely right. I can just see him at a costume party trying to be inconspicuous as a bunny.
There is no justice.
K’lee and Dale have asked for spooky in their Cosmic Photo Challenge. This sculpture on a grave* is kind of spooky but I had to tweak the photo a bit to make it spookier. Bright sunshine and lots of flowers don’t let themselves to spooky, no matter what the subject. The title is an echo of something that Terry Pratchett wrote.
*It wasn’t a real grave but part of an exhibition of graveside gardening at the national garden show in Brandenburg.
For more spooky photos, click here.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
The quote is from Terry Pratchett’s discworld novel Sourcery. He is DEATH.
More black and white photos of pets can be found here.
J.W.v.G.
There are glimpses of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all over Frankfurt, which is to be expected since it is his hometown. This huge quote on the side of a building in the Ostend is from his early novel – hence the signatur “the young G.” – alluding to the bible verse “Where, o death, is thy sting?” And he signed a letter to his lover in English, a few years later.
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/05/14/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-may-14-2017/
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