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- Insofar as he'd formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding.…
- What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
- These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives…
- And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You…
- There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them…
- Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.
- You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.
- They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can say who the…
- And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy I'd say are…
- Ye ken, we've been robbin' and running aroound on all kinds o' worlds for a lang time, and I'll tell ye this: The universe is…
- You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this…
- I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from…
- They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die…
- WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN? The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.…
- Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows…
- Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, at birthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweet deprivation. Yes, he was…
- People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.
- ...William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense…
- The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called…
- People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them…
- After all, when you seek advice from someone it's certainly not because you want them to give it. You just want them to be there…
- Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people.
- Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from…
- There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some…
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