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- In her own special category, she was quite beautiful. This was the category of all the women, in his entire life, who had ever thought…
- Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions when he had…
- He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes…
- She was, in fact, quite a pleasant looking girl, even if her bosom had clearly been intended for a girl two feet taller; but she…
- It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart.…
- The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into…
- I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than…
- I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly…
- Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without…
- If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
- There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely…
- It was quite impossible to describe. Here is what it looked like. It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well.…
- The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans,…
- But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite…
- Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what…
- He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction…
- I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would…
- Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.
- 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.…
- Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated…
- Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere between animals and…
- Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.
- You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the books of etiquette…
- The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces, putting in some…
- Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least,…
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- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
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- Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course,… — Rowan Atkinson
- I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit… — David Attenborough
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- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden