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Really Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.
- A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds…
- They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners…
- 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.
- The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see?…
- We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field…
- I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in it. Told him…
- The truth is that even big collections of ordinary books distort space, as can readily be proved by anyone who has been around a really…
- WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM? "Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?" NO "Oh, come on. You can't…
- The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.
- Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir. They teach facts,…
- 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…
- Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals
- If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at…
- Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural…
- His mind worked fast, flying in emergency supplies of common sense, as human minds do, to construct a huge anchor in sanity and prove that…
- Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of a kind of…
- Any true wizard, faced with a sign like 'Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean…
- NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say,…
- Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.
- First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in Tiffany's case, there…
- He stared at his feet. “I’m still very ignorant,” he said, “but at least I’m ignorant about really important things.
- 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…
- It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do…
- You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home.
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