August 2011
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“Any seasoned traveler soon learns to avoid anything wished on them as a...”
– The Last Continent (via crocktopus)
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“They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the...”
– From Terry Pratchett’s book Guards! Guards!, simply amazing. I must have read this at least five times, and I can’t stop laughing.
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“Vimes: And bring the search warrant.
Carrot: You mean the sledgehammer, sir?”
– Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (via miraclerizuin)
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: “You know,” said Lord Vetinari after a few... →
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“You know,” said Lord Vetinari after a few moments, “it has often crossed my mind that those men deserve a proper memorial of some sort.” “Oh, yes?” said Vimes in a noncommittal voice. “In one of the main squares, perhaps?” “Yes, that would be a good idea.” “Perhaps a tableau in bronze?” said…
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“People are often so busy living that they never stopped to wonder why. Witches...”
– I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (via lily-handmaiden)
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“Well, Dad, you know how Granny Aching always used to say, ‘Feed them as is...”
– Tiffany Aching, I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (via lily-handmaiden)
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“‘A book has been taken. A book has been taken? You summoned the Watch because...”
– Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (via ashfair)
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“The freedom to succeed goes hand in hand with the freedom to fail.” ~ Lord...”
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“His genius lies in the realization that everyone craves stability even more than...”
– Terry Pratchett, Discworld Companion (via sketchyjoe)
“No. There is no more time, even for cake. For you, the cake is over. You have...”
– Death, Discworld. (via oreohaire)
“There were such things as dwarf gods. Dwarfs were not a naturally religious...”
– Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett
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“I’ve been eaten by a dragon, he thought. That’s ridiculous, he replied, you...”
– Rincewind - The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett (via jameshart42)
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“Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like...”
– Reaper Man (via esmereldaweatherwax)
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“Drun’? ‘m not drun’! You wouldn’ dare call m’ drun’ if I was sober!”
– Captain Samual Vimes, Men at Arms (via awerka)
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“It was a good day for a funeral, Tiffany thought, looking out of the narrow...”
– Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight, p. 286 (via elvesarebad)
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““I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour,’ said Ladyship...”
– Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
I love Nutt. Just sayin’.
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“Silverfish looked down.
“Oh. Are you a dwarf?”
Cuddy gave him a blank stare....”
– Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms (via skysedge)
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“By gor’, that’s a bloody enormous cat.”
“It’s a lion,” said Granny Weatherwax,...”
– Terry Pratchett - Witches Abroad (via hsimah)
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“Of course, Ankh-Morpork’s citizens had always claimed that the river water was...”
– Terry Pratchett - Sourcery (via draodoir-mna)
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“Talent just defines what you do. It doesn’t define what you are. Deep down, I...”
– Rincewind - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (via mcchots)
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“It is a fact that although the Death of the Discworld is, in his own words, an...”
– Terry Pratchett - Mort (via draodoir-mna)
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“Emberella,” thought Magrat. “I’m fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like...”
– Terry Pratchett - Witches Abroad (via draodoir-mna)
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“He stands to lose everything, but there’s a part of him that’s gloriously happy....”
– Terry Pratchett, on Sam Vimes in Night Watch (via asari)
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“With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog...”
– Terry Pratchett with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, The Science of Discworld (via skysedge)
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“Tell me, Leonard, has it ever occured to you that one day war will be fought...”
– - Lord Vetinari and Leonard of Quirm
Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Element
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Thank you, first person to point out I mistyped the novel title when uploading this. *facepalm* Evidently, I watch The Fifth Element so much it just types itself.
This quote from The Fifth Elephant.
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“Tell me, Leonard, has it ever occured to you that one day war will be fought...”
– - Lord Vetinari and Leonard of Quirm
Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Element
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“Because nothing has to be true for ever. Just for long enough, to tell you the...”
– Terry Pratchett, The Truth (via skysedge)
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monrepos:
“Well —— me,” he said. “A ——ing wizard. I hate ——ing wizards!”
“You shouldn’t —— them, then,” muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes.
- Mort
“We still get the abominations.”
Wozzer’s brow furrowed in concentration. “No,...”
– Terry Pratchett, “Monstrous Regiment” (via singingtomysoul)
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“I want to eat chocolates in a great big room where the world is a different...”
– Lofty; Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (via solaceinstars)
“They thought they were doing it for the best, people often do. It’s amazing, the...”
– Windle Poons - Reaper Man (via hsimah)
“Death sighed and shook his head.
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF...”
– Terry Pratchett, The Truth (via movablenu)
“Now if I’d seen him, really there, really alive, it’d be in me like a fever. If...”
– Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett (via mokyn) 