“I’m going to leave you here,” Margraves said. “I’ve got some unfinished business to attend to.” “Right,” Branch said, since it was all he could say.… - Robert Sheckley

Still, no matter how commonplace, one’s death is the most interesting event of one’s life.

One moment’s inattention, and the long expected death came at last—unexpectedly! In that agonized moment, sprawled helpless upon the uncaring ground, Polletti realized that no preparation for one’s own death is possible. Death has had too much experience in catching men off guard, in piercing their attitudes and reducing their poses.

For Polletti, experience had brought only the bitter residue of pleasure which is the true essence of disenchantment. Certain delights which in his youth had seemed unique and unobtainable had turned out, upon acquisition, to be infinitely and drearily repeatable.