The Book Thief
Death
Why does Death always describe such vivid colors?
Why does Death always describe such vivid colors?
Death explains that it deliberately tries to notice colors -- as opposed to bodies and people -- in its line of work as a way of distracting itself from the survivors, whom Death considers to be more tragic than the actual dead.
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