May 2012
35 posts
Mort’s family specialized in distilling the wine from reannual grapes. These...
– Mort (Terry Pratchett)
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There was nothing he could do about the big stuff. The lilac was going to bloom....
– Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (via cheja)
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed...
– the Captain Samuel Vimes “Boots” theory of socioeconomic unfairness (via bramblepatch)
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It's May 25th. 'How they rise up, rise up...'
gizemko:
http://gizemko.tumblr.com/post/5818083408/starlightandcrimescenes-reg-tomorrow-the-sun
May 25th was made by Terry Pratchett’s fans into an Alzheimer Awareness Day due to the author being diagnosed with that disease. Wear a piece of lilac flower or something purple today to support the cause.
odense:
wow it’s already tomorrow. It’s the 25th of may. In which case,
Happy Anniversary of the Revolution of Treacle Mine Road! - Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably-priced Love! and a Hard Boiled Egg!
Also, in real life, 25 May is considered an Altzheimer’s awareness day, as Sir Pratchett was diagnosed with it a while back. In keeping with the tradition of Night Watch, the lilac is worn on...
Always remember the 25th May: Lilac day everybody
justeverything5155:
Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!
All the little angels rise up, rise up,
all the little angels rise up high!...
– Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (via eflind)
Can I just say how much I really love the wizards...
and-sealingwax:
Because I really, really do.
We do not murder. We do not execute. We do not massacre. We never, you may be...
– Pyramids; Terry Pratchett (via aliveinquotes)
You make us want what we can’t have and what you give us is worth nothing and...
– Granny Weatherwax, Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (via ekimsal)
Zoon tribes are very proud of their Liars. Other races get very annoyed about...
– Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites (1987)
You’re right. It’s going to take more than a passing wood-chopper to sort this...
– Equal Rites (Discworld Novel) (Terry Pratchett)
There is a rumor going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely...
– Sir Terry Pratchett, The Daily Mail (U.K.), June 21, 2008 (via nonplussedbyreligion)
Carrot: Look, sir, I know Angua. She’s not the useless type. She doesn’t stand...
– Jingo; Terry Pratchett (via aliveinquotes)
What sort of people would we be if we didn’t go into the library?”
“Students”,...
– Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent (via sirpumpkinhead)
Esk, of course, had not been trained, and it is well known that a vital...
– Equal Rites; Terry Pratchett (via aliveinquotes)
You’re offering to change history?” he said. “Is that it? Rewrite the—”
“Oh,...
– Terry Pratchett, Jingo (via sirpumpkinhead)
“Ah, Rincewind,” he said, and, because he was not a determinedly unpleasant man,...
– Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (via fuckyeahrincewind)