Terry Pratchett quotes - page 20

In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language. (Terry Pratchett)
I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. "I tried to live a good life. Does that help?” THAT'S NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOU'LL BE BJORN AGAIN. View quote
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The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done. View quote
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Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in. View quote
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But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned. View quote
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As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick. View quote
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In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute. View quote
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People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why. View quote
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The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world. View quote
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‎No one remembers the singer. The song remains. View quote
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We sleepwalk through our lives, because how could we live if we were always this awake? (Terry Pratchett)
Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever touching lips. View quote
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First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft. View quote
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Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you. View quote
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It's quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it. View quote
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Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze. View quote
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Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods. View quote
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I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead! View quote
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Mort was already aware that love made you feel hot and cold and cruel and weak, but he hadn't realized that it could make you stupid. View quote
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And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. View quote
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Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people. (Terry Pratchett)
Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese. View quote
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Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive. View quote
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We're on a mission from Glod. View quote
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I'm trying to have a moment o' existential dreed here, right? Crivens, it's a puir lookout if a man canna feel the chilly winds o' fate lashing aroound his netheres wi'out folks telling him he's deid, eh? View quote
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