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“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”

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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

“At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having some vague notion that Learning Should Be Fun. It hadn’t worked. It’s a fact known throughout the universes that no matter how carefully the colors are chosen, institutional decor ends up as either vomit green, unmentionable brown, nicotine yellow or surgical appliance pink. By some little-understood process of sympathetic resonance, corridors painted in those colors always smell slightly of boiled cabbage—even if no cabbage is ever cooked in the vicinity.”

Source: The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld

“Yes, I'm too mad to punish you right now. We'll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We're going to Wal-Mart.”

Home Hair Right Now Clothes Gun Mad Teeth Dry Brushes Combs

Book:Alphas: Origins

Source: Alphas: Origins

“Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.”

Heart Lying Gone Bones Shops Ladders Foul Rags

Author:William Butler Yeats

“Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense in panicking," said Twoflower calmly.”

Said I Can Edges Over The Edge Rincewind

Author:Terry Pratchett

“This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding; my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.”

World Has Beens Blessing Evidence Contrary

Author:Anthony de Mello

“You smell good, too,” said Patch It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.” Naked. I know the drill.”

Knows Said Water Answers Hot Smell Naked Staring Showers Soap Patches Drills Hush Sideways Hot Water Shampoo Patch Cipriano Patch And Nora Hush Hush

Book:Hush, Hush

Source: Hush, Hush

“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.”

Lying Causes Differences Effects Taste Good Sense Good Taste

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech. If I were a horse, I’d let him ride me anywhere.”

Ifs Feelings Behinds Wonder Listening Speech Ears Horse Fingers Soothing Outlander

Book:The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn

Source: The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn

“As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.”

Names Honour Fear Of Death

Book:The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play, with explanatory notes and similar passages from ancient and modern authors by W. Dodd

Source: The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play, with explanatory notes and similar passages from ancient and modern authors by W. Dodd

“...[W]ords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.”

Book:The Way of Zen

Source: The Way of Zen

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