Dustin quoted Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is …
“Are you going to send me home?” he said. Death reached down and swung him up behind the saddle. BECAUSE YOU SHOWED COMPASSION? NO. I MIGHT HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD SHOWN PLEASURE. BUT YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE. “What’s that?” A SHARP EDGE.