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-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce.
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Incidentally, it's best not to argue with the nursing staff. I find the best course of action is to throw some chocolates in one direction and hurry off in the other while their attention is distracted.
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Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.
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Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.
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Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.
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The elevator shaft was a kind of heat sink. Hot food was cold by the time it arrived. Cold food got colder. No one knew what would happen to ice cream, but it would probably involve some rewriting of the laws of thermodynamics.
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Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good.
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Good and bad is tricky, she said. I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face. (pp. 348-349)
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Everywhere I look, I see something holy.
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Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.
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Look out! He's got a daisy!
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If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.
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In her own special category, she was quite beautiful. This was the category of all the women, in his entire life, who had ever thought he was worth smiling at.
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It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.
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You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.
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The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.
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The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated.
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Fantasy doesn't have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension.
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Magic is just a way of saying 'I don't know.'
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