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If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight.
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People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.
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A number of religions in Ankh-Morpork still practiced human sacrifice, except that they didn't really need to practice any more because they had got so good at it.
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If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice.
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Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!
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When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.
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What's money interested in? More money.
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When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.
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And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
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You are very clever, said the old man shyly. I would like to eat your brains, one day.
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You just put that sword away, sir, please, said the voice of Lance-Constable Vimes. You will not shoot me, you young idiot. That would be murder, said the captain calmly. Not where I'm aiming, sir.
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Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in.
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And Sam Vimes thought: Why is Young Sam's nursery full of farmyard animals anyway? Why are his books full of moo-cows and baa-lambs? He is growing up in the city. He will only see them on a plate! They go sizzle!
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escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to.
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Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.
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It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' - in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.
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Death was standing behind a lectern, poring over a map. He looked at Mort as if he wasn’t entirely there. You haven't heard of the bayof mante, have you? He said. “No, sir,” said Mort. Famous shipwreck there. “Was there?” there will be, said Death, if I can find the damn place.
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