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Things just happen. What the hell.

Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.
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Don't look back! Why not? Because I just did! Run faster!
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It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite expanse of creation they have an uncontrollable urge to put something in the way .
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Carpe Jugulum, read Agnes aloud. That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means- Go for the throat
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People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.
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I read anything that’s going to be interesting. But you don’t know what it is until you’ve read it. Somewhere in a book on the history of false teeth there’ll be the making of a novel.
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All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.
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I dinna trust him, said Slightly Mad Angus. He reads books an' such.
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I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, ... broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?' - when J.K. Rowling insisted she wasn't writing fantasy.
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It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.
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I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.
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Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.
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All property is theft, except mine.
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