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Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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You had to deal every day with people who were foolish and lazy and untruthful and downright unpleasant, and you could certainly end up thinking that the world would be considerably improved if you gave them a slap.
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I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future. THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death. What does it contain, then? ME.
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Magic is just a way of saying 'I don't know.'
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Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way. It's good for the hygiene of the brain.
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The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.
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She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.
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Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.
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The conversation of human beings seldom interested him, but it crossed his mind that the males and females always got along best when neither actually listened fully to what the other one was saying.
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Things just happen. What the hell.
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