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Very Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Nigel gave the lamp a cautious buff and small smoking red letters appeared in the air. "Hi," Nigel read aloud, "Do not put down the…
- Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither…
- I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do,' but in this case I would only entertain offers from…
- Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.
- Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean…
- In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil *odegra* in the…
- But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One day a tortoise…
- Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned,…
- That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that…
- Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon…
- I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional…
- The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation…
- Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them.…
- The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
- I was a very keen reader of science fiction.
- I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which…
- The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I…
- Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well…
- The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a…
- Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans!
- And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of…
- Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very…
- Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have…
- Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't…
- HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You will soon be…
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