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“Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent and advanced mathematicians and physicists.”

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Book:Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)

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Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)

In this 20th novel of the Discworld series, Terry Pratchett presents a satirical take on the holiday season. The story follows Death, who takes on the role of Hogfather, a jolly figure who brings gifts to children. The narrative explores themes of mortality, family, and the absurdity of life, all within the unique and whimsical setting of the Discworld. more

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Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett was a British author renowned for his fantasy novel series, 'Discworld'. His works are appreciated for their unique humor and profound philosophical insights. Pratchett's contributions to literature extend beyond fantasy, encompassing science fiction, humor, and children's literature. more

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“The Nothing is spreading," groaned the first. "It's growing and growing, there's more of it every day, if it's possible to speak of more nothing. All the others fled from Howling Forest in time, but we didn't want to leave our home. The Nothing caught us in our sleep and this is what it did to us." "Is it very painful?" Atreyu asked. "No," said the second bark troll, the one with the hole in his chest. "You don't feel a thing. There's just something missing. And once it gets hold of you, something more is missing every day. Soon there won't be anything left of us.”

Ifs Want Feels Firsts Said Home Left Speak Sleep Growing Missing Caught Painful Holes Forests Chests Bark Troll

Author:Michael Ende

“Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping.”

People Giving Running Walks Perfect Money Rich Angel Lovely Tolerate Permission Avoiding Rich People Escaping

Book:Diary: A Novel

Source: Diary: A Novel

“That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer any reason. I have often thought about the matter since, but I have never succeeded in arriving at any satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon. Possibly the result may have been brought about by the natural obstinacy of all things in this world. The boat may possibly have come to the conclusion, judging from a cursory view of our behaviour, that we had come out for a morning's suicide, and had thereupon determined to disappoint us. That is the only suggestion I can offer.”

Source: Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

“He was being about as protective as a can-opener.”

Protective Protectiveness

Book:Gaudy Night

Source: Gaudy Night

“the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.”

Persons Character Depth Nobility Physical Strength

Book:No More Victims

Source: No More Victims

“Even if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs.”

Ifs Knows Feels Heart Kind Feelings Fighting Evil Like You Fit Fortunate Coward Bitterness Sheep Helpless Tamed Sheepdogs

Book:Sheepfarmer's Daughter

Source: Sheepfarmer's Daughter

“To dream is to starve doubt, feed hope.”

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Author:Justina Chen

“Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?”

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Book:The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Source: The Partly Cloudy Patriot

“Years after I'd seen him for the last time I found myself thinking of him unexpectedly and often. You know how certain places grow powerful in the mind with passing time. In those early morning dreams when I come back to bed after a sleepy pee and fall quickly into the narrow end of the night, there is one set of streets I keep returning to, one dim mist of railroad rooms and certain figures reappear, borderline ghosts.”

Source: Underworld: Picador Classic

“Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.”