Death will come in any case, and there is a long afterwards if the priests are right and nothing to fear if they are wrong. The Honorary Consul (1973)
Simplicity belonged by right to those who were native-born, those who could take the conditions of life, however bizarre, for granted. The Honorary Consul (1973)
It was not the kind of surroundings in which any one with free will — if such a man existed — would have chosen to await death. The Honorary Consul (1973)