Research Quote by Terry Pratchett

“The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week?”

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

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“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as drunk as a skunk, Drumknott, which of course means skunks are just as drunk as I. I must say the term is unfamiliar to me, and I had not thought hitherto of skunks in this context,…

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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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“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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