When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is — Pyramids (novel)

"You scrimped and saved to send them to the best schools, and then they went and paid you back by getting educated. (p. 100)"

"No one knows the reason for all this, but it is probably quantum. (p. 3)"

"The important thing is not how many people you inhume, its how many fail to inhume you. (pp. 20-21)"

"All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed. (p. 5)"

"It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was, of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free. (p. 35)"

"Are you all right, O jeweled master of the sun?" one of them ventured."