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Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quotes about fire

English Author, Writer April 28, 1948

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The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has it's own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting... Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Give a man a fire and hes warm for a day. Set fire to him and..."
Give a man a fire and hes warm for a day. Set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Make a man a fire and keep him warm for a day set a man on..."
Make a man a fire and keep him warm for a day set a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man..."
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on..."
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Terry Prachett
The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care? Terry Prachett
Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh,... Terry Prachett
She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. Terry Prachett
Some of the men and older boys were trained in firing the cannon, but since there wasn’t any gun powder to spare for actually firing any more of the things, they made do with pushing wooden cartridges into the barrel and shouting, “Bang!” They got quite good at that, and were proud at the speed with which “Bang!” could be shouted. Daphne said she hoped the enemy would be trained to say “Aargh! Terry Prachett
Walter Plinge said: "You know she asked me a very silly question Mrs Ogg! It was a silly question any fool knows the answer!"Oh, yes," said Nanny. "About houses on fire, I expect..."Yes! What would I take out of our house if it was on fire!"I expect you were a good boy and said you'd take your mum," said Nanny."No! My mum would take herself!"What would you take out then, Walter?" Nanny said."The fire! Terry Prachett
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of them as far as the mind can follow and beyond, league after league of us, flaming swords, all that, well, what I'm trying to say is who has time to go round picking people out and popping them up in the air to sneer at the people dying of radiation sickness on the parched and burning earth below them? If that's your idea of a morally acceptable time, I... Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers..."
I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire! Terry Prachett
Stanley always followed the rules. All sorts of things could go wrong if you didn't. So far he'd done 1: Upon Discovery of the Fire, Remain Calm. Now he'd come to 2: Shout 'Fire!' in a Loud, Clear Voice.'Fire!' he shouted, and then ticked off 2 with his pencil. Next was: 3: Endeavour to Extinguish Fire If Possible. Stanley went to the door and opened it. Flames and smoke billowed in. He stared at them for a moment, shook his head, and shut the door. Paragraph 4 said: If Trapped by Fire,... Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn..."
I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference..."
You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire. Terry Prachett

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