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There are the people of the day, and the creatures of the night. And it's important to remember that the creatures of the night aren't simply the people of the day staying up late because they think that makes them cool and interesting. It takes more than heavy mascara and a pale complexion to cross the divide.
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sleep
night
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Terry Pratchett |
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8d05598
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Crivens!' 'Oh no, not them,' said the Queen, throwing up her hands. It wasn't just the Nac Mac Feegles, but also Wentworth, a strong smell of seaweed, a lot of water and a dead shark. They appeared in mid-air and landed in a heap between Tiffany and the Queen. But a pictsie was always ready for a fight, and they bounced, rolled and came up drawing their swords and shaking sea water out of their hair. 'Oh, 'tis you, izzut?' said Rob Anybody,..
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Terry Pratchett |
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Other people salted away money for their old age, but Nanny preferred to accumulate memories.
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Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking. The fantasy of justice is more interesting than the fantasy of fairies, and more truly fantastic.
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humanism
fantasy
the-one-ring
talking
justice
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Terry Pratchett |
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ab70741
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It's amazing how people define roles for themselves and put handcuffs on their experience and are constantly surprised by the things a roulette universe spins at them.
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Terry Pratchett |
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That is because you don't yet know how to deal with time," said Wen. "But I will teach you to deal with time as you would deal with a coat, to be worn when necessary and discarded when not." "Will I have to wash it?" said Clodpool. Wen gave him a long, slow look. "That was either a very complex piece of thinking on your part, Clodpool, or you were just trying to overextend a metaphor in a rather stupid way. Which, do you think, it was?" Clo..
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They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking after the large vivarium where they happily passed their days was given to first-year students, on the basis that if they got things wrong there wouldn't be too much education wasted.
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Terry Pratchett |
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It was impossible for him to get bored. He just didn't have the imagination.
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Terry Pratchett |
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And the nice thing about a stake through the heart was that it also worked on non-vampires.
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Terry Pratchett |
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It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly; the air was full of the busy silence of the night, which is created by hundreds of small furry things treading very carefully in the hope of finding dinner while avoiding being the main course.
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humour
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She never sent the castle to sleep", said Granny, "that's just an old wife's tale. She just stirred up time a little. It's not as hard as people think, everyone does it all the time. It's like rubber, is time, you can stretch it to suit yourself." Magrat was about to say: That's not right, time is time, every second lasts a second, that's its job. The she recalled weeks that had flown past and afternoons that had lasted forever. Some minute..
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time
rubber
stretch-time
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Terry Pratchett |
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Education had been easy. Learning things had been harder.
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Terry Pratchett |
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Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.
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Terry Pratchett |
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The Universe is a lot more complicated than it looks from the outside.
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Terry Pratchett |
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A metaphor is a kind o' lie to help people understand what's true.
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truth
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Sergeant Colon owed thirty years of happy marriage to the fact that Mrs. Colon worked all day and Sargent Colon worked all night. They communicated by means of notes. They had three grown-up children, all born, Vimes had assumed, as a result of extremely persuasive handwriting.
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Terry Pratchett |
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A dwarf who can't get the hang of metal? That must be pretty unique." "Pretty rare, sir. But I was quite good at alchemy.." "Guild member?" "Not any more, sir." "Oh? How did you leave the guild?" "Through the roof, sir. But I'm pretty certain I know what I did wrong."
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humourous
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Haven't you got any romance in your soul?' said Magrat plaintively. 'No,' said Granny. 'I ain't. And stars don't care what you wish, and magic don't make things better, and no one doesn't get burned who sticks their hand in a fire. If you want to amount to anything as a witch, Magrat Garlick, you got to learn three things. What's real, what's not real, and what's the difference.
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magic
romance
magrat
wish
star
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Terry Pratchett |
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Most of the gods throw dice but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along. Fate wins.
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Terry Pratchett |
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IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.
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Terry Pratchett |
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Corporal Nobbs," he rasped, "why are you kicking people when they're down?" "Safest way, sir," said Nobby. Nobby had long ago been told about fighting fair and not striking a fallen opponent, and had then given some creative thought to how these rules applied to someone four feet tall with the muscle tone of an elastic band."
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Terry Pratchett |
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He'd wanted changes. It was just that he'd wanted things to stay the same, as well.
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Terry Pratchett |
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Goats did have names for themselves, she well knew: there was 'goat who is my kid,' 'goat who is my mother,' 'goat who is herd leader,' and half a dozen other names not least of which was 'goat who is this goat.
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Terry Pratchett |
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The end of times?" said Nanny. "Look, Tiff, Esme tol' me to say, if you want to see Esmerelda Weatherwax, then just you look around. She is here. Us witches don't mourn for very long. We are satisfied with happy memories - they're there to be cherished."
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grief
granny-weatherwax
discworld
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Terry Pratchett |
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There was never anything to be gained from observing what humans said to one another--language was just there to hide their thoughts.
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Terry Pratchett |
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Yes, sir, but the Librarian likes bananas, sir." "Very nourishin' fruit, Mr Stibbons." "Yes, sir. Although, funnily enough it's not actually a fruit, sir." "Really?" "Yes, sir. Botanically, it's a type of fish, sir. According to my theory it's cladistically associated with the Krullian pipefish, sir, which of course is also yellow and goes around in bunches or shoals." "And lives in trees?" "Well, not usually, sir. The banana is obviously e..
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evolution
fish
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Terry Pratchett |
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And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say "we're the good guys" and do bad-guy things." --
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He said to people: you're free. And they said hooray, and then he showed them what freedom costs and they called him a tyrant and, as soon as he'd been betrayed, they milled around a bit like barn-bred chickens who've seen the big world outside for the first time, and then they went back into the warm and shut the door...
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life
tyranny
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SOONER OR LATER ALL MEN MUST DIE. EVERYTHING DIES IN THE END. I CAN BE ROBBED BUT NEVER DENIED, I TOLD MYSELF. WHY WORRY? "I too cannot be cheated," snapped Fate."
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Terry Pratchett |
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c9a883e
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I've never really liked the Yanks. ... You can't trust people who pick up the ball all the time when they play football.
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amusing
soccer
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Terry Pratchett |
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I don't reckon it's allowed, going round setting fire to people," said Adam. "Otherwise people'd be doin' it all the time." "It's all right if you're religious," said Brian reassuringly. "And it stops the witches from goin' to Hell, so I expect they'd be quite grateful if they understood it properly."
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heaven
humour
witches
hell
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The demon coughed nervously. Demons do not breathe; however, every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned.
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Terry Pratchett |
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WHAT FOR IS THIS BOX PADDED? IS IT TO BE SAT ON? CAN IT BE THAT IT IS CAT-FLAVOURED?
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death
chocolate-box
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Terry Pratchett |
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Mr Tulip raised a trembling hand. 'Is this the bit where my whole life passes in front of my eyes?' he said. NO, THAT WAS THE BIT JUST NOW. 'Which bit?' THE BIT, said Death, BETWEEN YOUR BEING BORN AND YOUR DYING.
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Terry Pratchett |
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In life, as in breakfast cereal, it is always best to read the instructions on the box.
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Terry Pratchett |
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You couldn't set out to be a good witch or a bad witch. It never worked for long. All you could try to be was a witch, as hard as you could.
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Terry Pratchett |
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People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.
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terry-pratchett
law
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Terry Pratchett |
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How do they rise up?
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Terry Pratchett |
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The past needs to be remembered. If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going.
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Terry Pratchett |
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I'm sure you won't dream of trying to escape from your obligations by fleeing the city...' 'I assure you the thought never even crossed my mind, lord.' 'Indeed? Then if I were you I'd sue my face for slander.
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Terry Pratchett |
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60dc420
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You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.
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Terry Pratchett |
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That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys!
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tonker
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Terry Pratchett |
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64b25d8
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Bad spelling can be lethal.
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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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