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Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quotes

English Author, Writer April 28, 1948

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Terry Prachett quote: "The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a)..."
The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "I imagine that fish have no word for water."
I imagine that fish have no word for water. Terry Prachett
Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen. Terry Prachett
Young Sam looked solemn for a moment and then said, "I think I'll let Mr. Whistle do the being scared and then it won't bother me. Terry Prachett
She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes, which did not make a whole lot of sense, because probably AFTER you had walked a mile in their shoes, you would understand that they were chasing you and accusing you of the theft of a pair of shoes--although, of course, you could probably outrun them, owing to their lack of footwear. Terry Prachett
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed. Terry Prachett
I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. Terry Prachett
He always says that,' muttered Vimes as the two men hurried down the stairs. 'He knows I don't like being married to a duchess.''I thought you and Lady Sybil-''Oh, being married to Sybil is fine, fine,' said Vimes hurriedly. 'It's just the duchess bit I don't like. Terry Prachett
Kasandra took charge of things. She was the most organized person Johnny knew. In fact she was so organized that she had too much organization for one person, and it overflowed in every direction. Terry Prachett
Anyway, Angua seemed to have taken this case personally. She always had a soft spot for the underdog. So did Vimes. You had to. Not because they were pure or noble, because they weren't. You had to be on the side of underdogs because they weren't overdogs. Terry Prachett
There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style. Terry Prachett
Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course? it was not round and shiny? but even its worst enemies would agree that if you had to liken Ankh-Morpork to anything, then it might as well be a piece of rubbish covered with the diseased secretions of a dying mollusc. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further..."
Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "Freedom without limits is just a word."
Freedom without limits is just a word. Terry Prachett
Terry Prachett quote: "I just rearrange words into a pleasing order for money."
I just rearrange words into a pleasing order for money. Terry Prachett

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