Coward Quote by Terry Pratchett

“He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.”

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“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”

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You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.

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Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.

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“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,…

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A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.

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“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.…

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“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”

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I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.

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A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.

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