He knew that sooner or later, in spite of all protecting charms and precautions, Death would creep silently on him or spring suddenly from some ungua… - Fritz Leiber

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He knew that sooner or later, in spite of all protecting charms and precautions, Death would creep silently on him or spring suddenly from some unguarded moment. This very night his horoscope might signal Death’s instant escapeless approach; and though men lived by lies, treating truth’s very self as lie to be exploited, the stars remained the stars.