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Terry Pratchett quotes: She felt better for all that. A good shouting at somebody always makes you feel better and in control, especially if you aren't. She felt better for all that. A good shouting at somebody always makes you feel better and in control, especially if you aren't.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Granny hesitated. "Agnes who calls herself Perditax?""Perdita X," said Nanny. She at least respected anyone's right to recreate themselves. Granny hesitated. "Agnes who calls herself Perditax?"
"Perdita X," said Nanny. She at least respected anyone's right to recreate themselves.
Terry Pratchett quotes: They both savored the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were ignorant of only ordinary things. They both savored the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were ignorant of only ordinary things.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with a wrench. Mr. Tulip lived his life on that thin line most people occupy just before they haul off and hit someone repeatedly with a wrench.
Terry Pratchett quotes: You needed at least three witches for a coven. Two witches was just an argument. You needed at least three witches for a coven. Two witches was just an argument.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right. Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The problem with Destiny, of course, is that she is often not careful where she puts her finger. Captain The problem with Destiny, of course, is that she is often not careful where she puts her finger. Captain
Terry Pratchett quotes: They carried sticks and wore white clothes with bells on them, to stop them creeping up on people. No one likes an unexpected Morris dancer. They carried sticks and wore white clothes with bells on them, to stop them creeping up on people. No one likes an unexpected Morris dancer.
Terry Pratchett quotes: You know how to pray, don't you? Just put your hands together and hope. You know how to pray, don't you? Just put your hands together and hope.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Glurk hit the guard in as friendly a way as possible. Glurk hit the guard in as friendly a way as possible.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Lady Waggon Says That Any Bodies Found During A Weekend Party Should Be Disposed Of Discreetly, In Case Of Scandal. Lady Waggon Says That Any Bodies Found During A Weekend Party Should Be Disposed Of Discreetly, In Case Of Scandal.
Terry Pratchett quotes: It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes.
This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers
Terry Pratchett quotes: You have made quite a splash," said Vetinari, smiling, "as the fish said to the man with the lead weight tied to his feet. You have made quite a splash," said Vetinari, smiling, "as the fish said to the man with the lead weight tied to his feet.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The wizards' automatic response to any problem was to see if there was a book about it. The wizards' automatic response to any problem was to see if there was a book about it.
Terry Pratchett quotes: And what would humans be without love?RARE, said Death. And what would humans be without love?
RARE, said Death.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them
Terry Pratchett quotes: Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.
Terry Pratchett quotes: A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
Terry Pratchett quotes: You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire. You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species 'female' but have never expected to get this close to one. The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species 'female' but have never expected to get this close to one.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Just imagine how terrible it might have been if we'd been at all competent. Just imagine how terrible it might have been if we'd been at all competent.
Terry Pratchett quotes: If you're too afraid of going astray you won't go anywhere If you're too afraid of going astray you won't go anywhere
Terry Pratchett quotes: Would eternity feel like a long time, or were all lives - from a personal viewpoint - entirely the same length? Would eternity feel like a long time, or were all lives - from a personal viewpoint - entirely the same length?
Terry Pratchett quotes: It's amazing the things that seem a good idea at the time. It's amazing the things that seem a good idea at the time.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo. The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Thief: I hate ****ing wizards!Other Thief: You shouldn't **** them, then Thief: I hate ****ing wizards!

Other Thief: You shouldn't **** them, then
Terry Pratchett quotes: No, fun isn't anybody, fun is what you have." W No, fun isn't anybody, fun is what you have." W
Terry Pratchett quotes: Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid. Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Only an academic could state the obvious and pass it off as wisdom." -Moist Von Lipwig (T.P., Going Postal) Only an academic could state the obvious and pass it off as wisdom." -Moist Von Lipwig (T.P., Going Postal)
Terry Pratchett quotes: I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation. I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The night was as black as the inside of a cat. The night was as black as the inside of a cat.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot. Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane? Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?
Terry Pratchett quotes: 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. 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.
Terry Pratchett quotes: I like being a writer. I like being a writer.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He rather liked people. It was a major failing in a demon. He rather liked people. It was a major failing in a demon.
Terry Pratchett quotes: No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect. No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect.
Terry Pratchett quotes: ... magic has a habit of lying low, like a rake in the grass. ... magic has a habit of lying low, like a rake in the grass.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.
Terry Pratchett quotes: WHERE'S MY COW?!IS THAT MY COW?!HRRRUUUUGGGH!!!!THAT'S NOT MY COW!THAT'S A HIPPOPOTAMOUS! WHERE'S MY COW?!
IS THAT MY COW?!
HRRRUUUUGGGH!!!!
THAT'S NOT MY COW!
THAT'S A HIPPOPOTAMOUS!
Terry Pratchett quotes: Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism. Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Y'know,' he said, 'it's very hard to talk quantum using a language originally designed to tell other monkeys where the ripe fruit is. Y'know,' he said, 'it's very hard to talk quantum using a language originally designed to tell other monkeys where the ripe fruit is.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good. Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Being a witch is a man's job: that's why it needs women to do it. Being a witch is a man's job: that's why it needs women to do it.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Do you think there's anything to eat in this forest?""Yes," said the wizard bitterly, "us. Do you think there's anything to eat in this forest?"
"Yes," said the wizard bitterly, "us.
Terry Pratchett quotes: You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away. You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.
Terry Pratchett quotes: She always said you can't help people with magic, but you can help them with skin. By doin' real things, she meant. She always said you can't help people with magic, but you can help them with skin. By doin' real things, she meant.
Terry Pratchett quotes: It is not a good idea to spray finest brandy across the room, especially when your lighted cigar is in the way. It is not a good idea to spray finest brandy across the room, especially when your lighted cigar is in the way.
Terry Pratchett quotes: You know, after a woman's raised a family and so on, she wants to start living her own life. You know, after a woman's raised a family and so on, she wants to start living her own life.
Terry Pratchett quotes: I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out. I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out.
Terry Pratchett quotes: One day a tortoise will learn how to fly. One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He was hanged, and then much later they put up a statue to him, which tells you more about people than you might wish to know. He was hanged, and then much later they put up a statue to him, which tells you more about people than you might wish to know.
Terry Pratchett quotes: It only takes a tweak to make the whole world new. It only takes a tweak to make the whole world new.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Wizards, like cats, can see Death. Wizards, like cats, can see Death.
Terry Pratchett quotes: They didn't have to be funny - they were father jokes. They didn't have to be funny - they were father jokes.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Magrat bought occult jewelry as a sort of distraction from being Magrat. She had three large boxes of the stuff and was still exactly the same person. Magrat bought occult jewelry as a sort of distraction from being Magrat. She had three large boxes of the stuff and was still exactly the same person.
Terry Pratchett quotes: There was a click. There was a noise like a partridge. There was a thud.There was silence. There was a click. There was a noise like a partridge. There was a thud.
There was silence.
Terry Pratchett quotes: (About a cookbook ... )- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor ... but they ends up Tarts. (About a cookbook ... )
- What about this one? Maids of Honor?
- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor ... but they ends up Tarts.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe.Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one. He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe.
Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Mistress Weatherwax, you are a natural disputant." "No I ain't! Mistress Weatherwax, you are a natural disputant." "No I ain't!
Terry Pratchett quotes: People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people. People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.
Terry Pratchett quotes: While evidence says that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they're probably all on first steps. While evidence says that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they're probably all on first steps.
Terry Pratchett quotes: And there are those who would rather be behind evil than in front of it, And there are those who would rather be behind evil than in front of it,
Terry Pratchett quotes: Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive. Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He'd won. There'd be dragons again. And a king again. Not like the old kings. A king who would do what he was told. He'd won. There'd be dragons again. And a king again. Not like the old kings. A king who would do what he was told.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Human beings have always preferred common sense to logic. Human beings have always preferred common sense to logic.
Terry Pratchett quotes: They saw that the perfect world is a journey, not a place. They saw that the perfect world is a journey, not a place.
Terry Pratchett quotes: It's a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole. It's a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole.
Terry Pratchett quotes: TAKE YOUR TIME, I BROUGHT A BOOK TO READ TAKE YOUR TIME, I BROUGHT A BOOK TO READ
Terry Pratchett quotes: We can't just drop everything, sir!""Mister Lipwig. Is there something in the word 'tyrant' you do not understand? We can't just drop everything, sir!"
"Mister Lipwig. Is there something in the word 'tyrant' you do not understand?
Terry Pratchett quotes: Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do. Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.
Terry Pratchett quotes: There was always something that needed transferring from A to B or, of course, to the bottom of the C. Any There was always something that needed transferring from A to B or, of course, to the bottom of the C.
Any
Terry Pratchett quotes: Esk wouldn't have known what a collective noun was if it had spat in her eye, but she knew there was a herd of goats and a coven of witches. Esk wouldn't have known what a collective noun was if it had spat in her eye, but she knew there was a herd of goats and a coven of witches.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Its the same everywhere. If you want big grief, look to the ladies. Its the same everywhere. If you want big grief, look to the ladies.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Certainly I have no faith in Jehovah, although I think it quite likely that Jesus Christ, as a preacher and a wise man, did indeed exist. Certainly I have no faith in Jehovah, although I think it quite likely that Jesus Christ, as a preacher and a wise man, did indeed exist.
Terry Pratchett quotes: "Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged". "Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged".
Terry Pratchett quotes: WHAT THINGS SEEM MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THINGS SEEM MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE,
Terry Pratchett quotes: You can't die with an unfinished book. You can't die with an unfinished book.
Terry Pratchett quotes: The Tree of Folklore has no objection whatever to creative carpenters. The Tree of Folklore has no objection whatever to creative carpenters.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Stopping a battle is much harder than starting it. Starting it only requires you to shout 'Attack!' but when you want to stop it, everyone is busy. Stopping a battle is much harder than starting it. Starting it only requires you to shout 'Attack!' but when you want to stop it, everyone is busy.
Terry Pratchett quotes: That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys! That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys!
Terry Pratchett quotes: 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. 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.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there. He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity. Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He'd experienced the lovely warm feeling of a bad job well done. He'd experienced the lovely warm feeling of a bad job well done.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Arch, giggling women and braying young men who'd been at the back of the line when the chins were handed out. Arch, giggling women and braying young men who'd been at the back of the line when the chins were handed out.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He'd never realized that, deep down inside, what he really wanted to do was make things go splat. He'd never realized that, deep down inside, what he really wanted to do was make things go splat.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Sooner or later all things are numbers, yes? Sooner or later all things are numbers, yes?
Terry Pratchett quotes: There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime. There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.
Terry Pratchett quotes: When I am old I shall wear midnight. When I am old I shall wear midnight.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Pray you never face a good man, Vimes thought. He'll kill you with hardly a word. Pray you never face a good man, Vimes thought. He'll kill you with hardly a word.
Terry Pratchett quotes: I'm made up of everyone I've ever met who has changed the way I think. I'm made up of everyone I've ever met who has changed the way I think.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces. Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.
Terry Pratchett quotes: He was up against a mind that regarded truth as a reference point but certainly not as a shackle. He was up against a mind that regarded truth as a reference point but certainly not as a shackle.
Terry Pratchett quotes: When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present. When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present.
Terry Pratchett quotes: They said that dying was just like going to sleep, although of course if you weren't careful bits of you could rot and drop off. They said that dying was just like going to sleep, although of course if you weren't careful bits of you could rot and drop off.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Slake was one of those places, Moist thought, that you put on the map because it was embarrassing to have a map with holes in it. Slake was one of those places, Moist thought, that you put on the map because it was embarrassing to have a map with holes in it.
Terry Pratchett quotes: Even the hot meat pie man had stopped crying his wares and, with no regard for personal safety, was eating one. The Even the hot meat pie man had stopped crying his wares and, with no regard for personal safety, was eating one. The
Terry Pratchett quotes: They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker

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