We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.
The Hundred Thousand KingdomsDon't worry," he would say, smiling. "Dying is much more difficult than one imagines.
One Hundred Years of SolitudeTell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.
One Hundred Years of Solitude