Terry Pratchett quotes - page 31

The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as "Things just happen. What the hell". (Terry Pratchett)
But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it morality. View quote
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I USHERED SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD. I WAS THE GRAVE OF ALL HOPE. I WAS THE ULTIMATE REALITY. I WAS THE ASSASSIN AGAINST WHOM NO LOCK WOULD HOLD. "Yes, point taken, but do you have any particular skills? View quote
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Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it. View quote
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People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another. View quote
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Even in a dream, even at a posh ball, the Nac Mac Feegle knew how to behave. You charged in madly, and you screamed... politely. pommes frites. View quote
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FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT.... View quote
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You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. View quote
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The Departure Aria, a very important and romantic song. View quote
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I don't know what to do,” he said. "No harm in that. I've never known what to do,” said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. "Been completely at a loss my whole life.” He hesitated. "I think it's called being human, or something. View quote
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... All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?" "Yeah," said Rincewind. "... Luters, I expect. (Terry Pratchett)
Thunder rolled.. It rolled a six. View quote
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Things are not as they seem. They are what they are. View quote
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Personal isn't the same as important. View quote
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There's lots of people will help you with alcohol business, but there's no one out there arranging little meetings where you can stand up and say, ‘My name is Sam Vimes and I'm a really suspicious bastard. View quote
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YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. View quote
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But this didn'tlike magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music. View quote
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He couldn't see why people made such a fuss about people eating their silly old fruit anyway, but life would be a lot less fun if they didn't. And there was never an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it. View quote
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IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT /MEANT/ TO BE SAFE. View quote
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That's not fair, you know. If we knew when we were going to die, people would lead better lives." IF PEOPLE KNEW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIVE AT ALL. View quote
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The four lesser apocalyptical horsemen of Panic, Bewilderment, Ignorance, and Shouting took control of the room. (Terry Pratchett)
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. View quote
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No other species anywhere in the world had invented boredom. Perhaps it was boredom, not intelligence, that had propelled them up to the evolutionary ladder. View quote
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I? KILL? said Death, obviously offended. CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT? View quote
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Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist. View quote
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