Wonder Quotes by Terry Pratchett

12 Wonder quotes by Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett’s humor shines when he ponders the oddities of life. This dozen snippets capture his knack for finding absurdity and awe in the same breath.

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I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly.

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He was currently wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were.

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...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.

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Death: Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to…

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They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am…

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It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up…

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I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one…

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Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They…

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One of the recurring philosophical questions is: 'Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one…

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For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that…

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Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things.…

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Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just…

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“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”

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“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…

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“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…

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“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of…

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It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…

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You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.

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Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.

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“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,…

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A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.

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“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.…

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“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”

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“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…

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“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.…

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