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Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.

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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm. At the time this was the last thing on my mind.
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The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.
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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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When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry.
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In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.
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After you've been working fairly intensively on a novel for six months you never want to see the damn thing again.
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It's tough at the top. It's tough at the bottom. But in between you could use them for horse-shoes.
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Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
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Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴏ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴇ. —Death
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Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.
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An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any disguise, then what could anyone do but spend all day in a small room with a loaded crossbow pointed at the door?
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People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.
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Given enough coffee I could rule the world
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Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart
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I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.
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But you ain't part of it, are you? said Granny conversationally. You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?
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