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Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quotes

English Author, Writer April 28, 1948

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It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as "slightly foxed", although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had beed badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.-- Ah, but has it been hedgehogged? Terry Prachett
Can you swim?" said Victor. One of the cavern's rotting pillars crashed down behind them. From the pit itself came a terrible wailing. "Not very well," said Ginger. "Me neither," he said. The commotion behind them was getting worse. "Still," he said, taking her hand. "We could look on this as a great opportunity to improve really quickly. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Red sky at night, the city's alight."
Red sky at night, the city's alight. Terry Prachett
Other people say: hold on, if he's carrying the entire universe in a sack, right, that means he's carrying himself and the sack inside the sack, because the universe contains everything. Including him. And the sack, of course. Which contains him and the sack already. As it were. To which the reply is: well? Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Rings try to find their way back to their owner. Someone ought..."
Rings try to find their way back to their owner. Someone ought to write a book about it. Terry Prachett
I never said nothing..."I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead! Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all..."
You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "The night was as black as the inside of a cat."
The night was as black as the inside of a cat. Terry Prachett
First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third Thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves. They’re rare, and often troublesome. Listening to them is part of witchcraft. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Silence held the bubble of the world in its grip."
Silence held the bubble of the world in its grip. Terry Prachett
I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, ... broomsticks and spells would have given her a clue?' - when J.K. Rowling insisted she wasn't writing fantasy. Terry Prachett
The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist at all. Terry Prachett
And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned, and all the giant's children didn't have a daddy anymore. But he got away with it and lived happily ever after, without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done...which proves that you can be excused for just about anything if you are a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we..."
Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to..."
No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for. Terry Prachett

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