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Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quotes

English Author, Writer April 28, 1948

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...the proliferation of luminous fungi or iridescent crystals in deep caves where the torchlessly improvident hero needs to see is one of the most obvious intrusions of narrative causality into the physical universe. Terry Prachett
First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft. Terry Prachett
[And there was the matter of Dick Turpin. It looked like the same car, except that forever afterwards it seemed able to do 250 miles on a gallon of petrol, ran so quietly that you practically had to put your mouth over the exhaust pipe to see if the engine was firing , and issued its voice-synthesized warnings in a series of exquisite and perfectly-phrased haikus, each one original and apt... Late frost burns the bloom Would a fool not let the belt Restrain the body? ...it would say.... Terry Prachett
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking. Terry Prachett
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "And on this dirty night there were appropriately dirty deeds..."
And on this dirty night there were appropriately dirty deeds that not even the rain could wash away. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "You can think and you can fight, but the world's always..."
You can think and you can fight, but the world's always movin', and if you wanna stay ahead you gotta dance. Terry Prachett
Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in..."
He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania Terry Prachett
YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember..."
In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams? Terry Prachett
There are things so horrible that even the dark is afraid of them. Most people don't know this and this is just as well because the world could not really operate if everyone stayed in bed with the blankets over their head, which is what would happen if people knew what horrors lay a shadow's width away. Terry Prachett
I read anything that’s going to be interesting. But you don’t know what it is until you’ve read it. Somewhere in a book on the history of false teeth there’ll be the making of a novel. Terry Prachett
- I USHERED SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD. I WAS THE GRAVE OF ALL HOPE. I WAS THE ULTIMATE REALITY. I WAS THE ASSASSIN AGAINST WHOM NO LOCK WOULD HOLD.- "Yes, point taken, but do you have any particular skills? Terry Prachett
Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture. Terry Prachett

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