“The question is, what colour will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?”
This quote introduces us to Death, and his obsession with colours. In context, the quote talks about what colour the sky will be when he comes for you, Death, to take your soul away. This is intriguing as it poses the idea of your life summed up into a single colour that is present when your senescence is complete.
“People observe the colours of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment.”
This quote adds onto the previous idea of Death’s love of colour. It could also be saying that humans only see the colours at the start and end of a day (referring to sunrise and sunset), and are too busy and frantic to pay attention to all the other lovely colours available throughout the day.
“It’s the left over humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions, I still fail.”
Here, Death tells of the worst part of his job; seeing the people left behind to grieve after he takes another’s soul. He explains that he tries not to look at them, but their sadness draws him in to look at their state of dismay, saying “They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs”. This refers to a ‘broken heart’ left by the passing of a loved one and the pain in the lungs due to crying.
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