Terry Pratchett Quotes - Page 9

• The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.

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  Passing, Multiverse, Passings

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)”, p.85, Random House

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• Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person, would first of all try to find a book called How to Be An Interesting Person and then see whether there were any courses available.

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  Book, Interesting, Trying

  "Thief of Time". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2001.

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• He’s bound to have done something,” Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patrician’s view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, in general terms, justice was done.

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  Views, Punishment, Justice

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)”, p.252, Random House

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• There were no lies here. All fancies fled away. That's what happened in all deserts. It was just you, and what you believed.

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  Lying, Fancy, Desert

  Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Simpson (2008). “The Folklore of Discworld”, Doubleday UK

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• Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.

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  Believe, Phrases, Snuff

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• All was black, gloomy and awful. There was no light at the end of the tunnel - or if there was, it was an oncoming train.

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  Tunnels, Light, Black

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• There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.

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  Doubt, Lifetime, Being Human

  "Thief of Time". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2001.

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• THAT’S MORTALS FOR YOU, Death continued. THEY’VE ONLY GOT A FEW YEARS IN THIS WORLD AND THEY SPEND THEM ALL IN MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED FOR THEMSELVES. FASCINATING.

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  Years, World, Complicated

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Mort: (Discworld Novel 4)”, p.59, Random House

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• The significant owl hoots in the night.

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  Night, Owl, Significant

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)”, p.7, Random House

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• He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind him and shouting at him.

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  Men, Mirrors, Saws

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld”, p.31, Harper Collins

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• He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.

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  Atheist, Giving, Discworld

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.199, Random House

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• All I am really promoting in the books is the Golden Rule, which I hope everybody knows to be "do as you would be done by." It has one or 2 flaws, but it is a good soundbite. Evil starts when you treat other people as things. There are perhaps worse crimes, but they begin when you treat other people as things.

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  Book, People, Evil

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find.

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  Pages, Soap, Truth Is

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Feb 22, 2017

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• Botswana is also the only country in the world with a colour in its flag meant to represent rain (a sort of blue-grey). Not many people know this.

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  Country, Rain, Blue

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• I think you should be proud of not being worse than just deeply introverted and socially maladjusted.

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  Thinking, Proud, Should

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• Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!

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  Pain, Balance, Firsts

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• The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough to look strange because you have no teeth. It was enough to be called a witch. If it came to that, the book never gave you the evidence of anything. It talked about "a handsome prince"... was he really, or was it just because he was a prince that people called handsome? As for "a girl who was as beautiful as the day was long"... well, which day? In midwinter it hardly ever got light! The stories don't want you to think, they just wanted you to believe what you were told.

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  Beautiful, Girl, Book

  "The Wee Free Men". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2003.

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• They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.

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  Book, Hero, Men

  "Guards! Guards!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1989.

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• An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.

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  Tired, Glasses, Broken

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Light Fantastic: (Discworld Novel 2)”, p.33, Random House

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• The senior wizard in a world of magic had the same prospects of long-term employment as a pogo stick tester in a minefield.

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  Senior, Long, Magic

  "Moving Pictures". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1990.

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• Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.

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  Humor, Fabric, Goes On

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• Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

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  Dust

  "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Wednesday)". Book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, May 1, 1990.

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• Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

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  Thinking, People, Important

  "Lords And Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call me woman.” “Very well. My name is WxrtHltl-jwlpklz,” said the demon smugly.

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  Names, Judging, Tongue

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• Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

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  Running, Army, Class

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.148, Random House

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