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Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

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 thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a really big series they franchise it, which I thought is a bit of a no-no, so I thought what I'd do is I'd franchise it to myself.
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Ultimately, there is the freedom to take the consequences.
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People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.
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But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
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The book is not completely written until someone else has read it.
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Blessings be on this house, Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.
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One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we'd had a good breakfast. And you don't get mugged, either.
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The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.
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Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead
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It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.
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Things just happen. What the hell.
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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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He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.
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When I am old I shall wear midnight.
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Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.
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I commend my soul to any god that can find it.
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In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky when we get to know one another better.
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Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat.
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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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