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Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quotes

English Author, Writer April 28, 1948

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Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds. Terry Prachett
And he dreamed the dream of all those who publish books, which was to have so much gold in your pockets that you would have to employ two people just to hold your trousers up. Terry Prachett
Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, atbirthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweetdeprivation. Yes, he was surrounded by sweets. But the moment he took anysweet at all, said his sugar-addled brain, that meant he was not takingall the rest. And there were so many sweets he'd never be able to eatthem all. It was too much to cope with. The only solution was to burstinto tears. Terry Prachett
Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it. Terry Prachett
Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle. Terry Prachett
A man walked across the moors from Razorback to Lancre town without seeing a single marshlight, head-less dog, strolling tree, ghostly coach or comet, and had to be taken in by a tavern and given a drink to unsteady his nerves. Terry Prachett
The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote (provided that he wasn't poor, foreign, nor disqualified by reason of being mad, frivolous, or a woman). Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a... Terry Prachett
...either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business... Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to..."
Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war. Terry Prachett
People were people, even if they had four legs and had called themselves names like Dangerous Beans, which is the kind of name you gave yourself if you learned to read before you understood what all the words actually meant. Terry Prachett
Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to..."
A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. Terry Prachett
There was something about the eyes. It wasn’t the shape or the color. The was no evil glint. But there was… … a look. It was such a look that a microbe might encounter if it could see up from the bottom end of the microscope. It said: You are nothing. It said: You are flawed, you have no value. It said: You are animal. It said: Perhaps you may be a pet, or perhaps you may be a quarry. It said: And the choice is not yours. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good..."
This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good and gone to food heaven. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time..."
She was convinced that she was anorexic, because every time she looked in the mirror she did indeed see a fat person. Terry Prachett

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