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My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly... (Terry Pratchett)
Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack. View quote
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Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it. View quote
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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things. View quote
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Sham Harga had run a succesful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease, and burnt crunchy bits. View quote
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AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. The End. View quote
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HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death) View quote
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A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? View quote
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Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example. Possibly because of this, I have never disliked religion. View quote
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They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings. It's what most people call themselves, to begin with. View quote
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I don't like the place at all. It's all wrong. An imposition on the Landscape. (Terry Pratchett)
It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again. View quote
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Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants. View quote
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You can't make people happy by law. View quote
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Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax couldin a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it. View quote
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Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back. View quote
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A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on. View quote
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I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people. View quote
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But we're a university! Weto have a library!" said Ridcully. "It adds. What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?" "Students," said Senior Wrangler morosely. View quote
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You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!' IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. 'She's a child!' shouted Crumley. IT'S EDUCATIONAL. 'What if she cuts herself?' THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON. View quote
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THAT'S MORTALS FOR YOU, Death continued. THEY'VE ONLY GOT A FEW YEARS IN THIS WORLD AND THEY SPEND THEM ALL IN MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED FOR THEMSELVES. FASCINATING. (Terry Pratchett)
The turtle moves. View quote
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And just when you'd think [humans] were more malignant than ever Hell could be, they occasionally showed more grace than Heaven ever dreamed of. View quote
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Oh, Ivery angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it. View quote
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Crowley (An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards) View quote
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