"That's the Ankh-Morpork instinct, Vimes thought. Run away,……" — Terry Pratchett
"That's the Ankh-Morpork instinct, Vimes thought. Run away, and then stop and see if anything interesting is going to happen to other people."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in…
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