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- You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?" "Only a man would think of that. It's our job," said Moist.…
- Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal as far as other witches are concerned. There's a conflict of dominant personalities. There's a…
- It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of…
- The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. There is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the…
- As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages.…
- Anyway, lots of warrior tribes think that when they die, they go to a heavenly land somewhere," said the toad. "You know, where they can…
- Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.
- ... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it…
- Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they're there,…
- Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must…
- She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if…
- People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as "Is this the…
- Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago…
- Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.…
- The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.
- But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual…
- Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.
- 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. Besides…
- I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when…
- No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns…
- Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.
- Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it.
- He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went…
- People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.
- 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…
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- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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