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f34d028
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"Yeah, all right, but everyone knows they torture people," mumbled Sam. "Do they?" said Vimes. "Then why doesn't anyone do anything about it?" "'cos they torture people."
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vimes
pratchett
torture
police
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Terry Pratchett |
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cf1cb11
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It wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities. You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things. You walked and talked, and in your heart you just hoped like hell that some bugger's nerve'd crack and he'd give himself up.
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terry-pratchett
vimes
pratchett
feet-of-clay
sam-vimes
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Terry Pratchett |
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12c2dd2
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The important thing is not to shout at this point, Vimes told himself. Do not...what do they call it...go postal? Treat this as a learning exercise. Find out why the world is not as you thought it was. Assemble the facts, digest the information, consider the implications. THEN go postal. But with precision.
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thud
vimes
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Terry Pratchett |
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a6384a0
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Sometimes it's like watching a wasp land on a stinging nettle: someone's going to get stung and you don't care.
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vimes
pratchett
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Terry Pratchett |
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ab9720a
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Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!
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war
jingo
vimes
vetinari
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Terry Pratchett |
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1d35697
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That just goes to show that you never know, although what it is we never know I suspect we'll never know.
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terry-pratchett
vimes
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Terry Pratchett |
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dac5ed5
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Where do you think they've gone?' he said. 'Where what?' said Lady Ramkin, temporarily halted. 'The dragons. You know. Errol and his wi - female.' 'Oh, somewhere isolated and rocky, I should imagine,' said Lady Ramkin. 'Favourite country for dragons.' 'But it - she's a magical animal,' said Vimes. 'What'll happen when the magic goes away?' Lady Ramkin gave him a shy smile. 'Most people seem to manage,' she said. She reached across the table and touched his hand.
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ramkin
vimes
sybil
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Terry Pratchett |
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61c0bbd
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People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but expect dinner to turn up within the hour.
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vimes
salvation
revolution
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