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Famous Terry Pratchett Quotes
“He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.”
“We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.”
“Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.”
“Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.”
“If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
“Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in.”
“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
“Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.”
“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
“'Don't think of it as dying,' said Death. 'Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush.'”
“The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.”
“Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise.”
“They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise.”