Terry Pratchett quotes - page 32

Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure. (Terry Pratchett)
But I don'tin reincarnation!" he protested. SQUEAK. And this, Mr Pounder understood with absolute rodent clarity, meant: reincarnation believes in. View quote
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It's like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King. View quote
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There is a curse. They say: May you live in interesting times. View quote
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In Ankh-Morpork you can be whoever you want to be and sometimes people laugh and sometimes they clap, and mostly and beautifully, they don't really care. View quote
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I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It's never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting "Forward, brave comrades!" you'll see he's the one behind the bloody big rock and the wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet! View quote
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Yes, but humans are more important than animals,' said Brutha. 'This is a point of view often expressed by humans,' said Om. View quote
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That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to spit it out. View quote
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He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn't happen to you every year. View quote
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Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees. View quote
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Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. (Terry Pratchett)
The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed. View quote
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That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone? View quote
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I'm not a lady, I'm a witch. View quote
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Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment. View quote
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He had the kind of real deep tan that rich people spent ages trying to achieve with expensive holidays and bits of tinfoil, when really all you need to do to obtain one is work your arse off in the open air everyday. View quote
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... a metaphor... is like lying but more decorative. View quote
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It struck Mort with sudden, terrible poignancy that Death must be the loneliest creature in the universe. In the great party of Creation, he was always in the kitchen. View quote
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The trouble with witches is that they'll never run away from things they really hate. And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them's a mongoose. View quote
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Pollution removed his helmet and shook out his long white hair. He had taken over when Pestilence, muttering about penicillin, had retired in 1936. View quote
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People whose wishes get granted often don't turn out to be very nice people. (Terry Pratchett)
Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal. View quote
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Now," snapped the Dean, "we've searchedfor a decent library on this island. There simply isn't one! It's ridiculous. How is anyone supposed to get anything done? View quote
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Romancin' is verra important, ye ken. Basically it's a way the boy can get close to the girl wi'oot her attackin' him and scratchin' his eyes oot. View quote
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The commander went, as they say in Ankh-Morpork, totally Librarian on them. View quote
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