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    Terry Pratchett
    “Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
    Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: alcohol, death, drinking, humor
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
    tags: discworld
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
    tags: drunkenness, insanity
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
    tags: humor, philosophy, terry-pratchett, wintersmith
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
    tags: adventure, change, discworld, growth, travel
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Crivens!”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
    tags: nac-mac-feegles
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Whut's the plan, Rob?" said one of them.
    "Okay, lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"
    This caused a cheer.
    "Ach, 'tis a good plan," said Daft Wullie.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
    tags: plan
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  • #9
    It's still magic even if you know how it's done.
    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
    tags: magic, technology
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  • #10
    Terry Pratchett
    “If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
    tags: aspiration, dream, work
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  • #11
    Terry Pratchett
    “Insanity is catching.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Making Money
    tags: insanity
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  • #12
    Terry Pratchett
    “Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
    tags: humor, insanity, religion, war
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    Terry Pratchett
    “There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
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  • #14
    Terry Pratchett
    “The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
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    Terry Pratchett
    “There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
    tags: humour, vampires
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    Terry Pratchett
    “This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
    tags: agency, choice, responsibility
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    Terry Pratchett
    “This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
    tags: fairy-tale, happy-end, humor
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it."

    "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
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    Suzanne Collins
    “You love me. Real or not real?"
    I tell him, "Real.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
    tags: katniss, love, peeta, suzanne-collins, the-hunger-games
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
    tags: humor
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
    tags: getting-along
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    Terry Pratchett
    “They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “Sieges weathered, fight together, friends forever.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Magic Study
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “We don't take orders from you, Sergeant." Quain said. "Your man tried to assassinate-"
    "He isn't mine. My man has eyes that change color with the seasons.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Scent of Magic
    tags: assassination, avry, color, eyes, kerrick, seasons
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  • #27
    Maria V. Snyder
    “Love trumps logic?”

    “Every time,”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Spy Glass
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “What have I earned from you, Valek? Loyalty? Respect? Trust?"

    "You have my attention. But give me what I want, and you can have everything.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study
    tags: pg-274, valek, yelena
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  • #29
    Maria V. Snyder
    “I offer my heart, entrust my soul and give my life to you.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Spy Glass
    tags: love
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    Maria V. Snyder
    “I am Trella the victorious leader of the Force of Sheep rebellion. Yes the name sounds ridiculous, and I still can't believe we named a major life changing event after livestock—or actually a stuffed animal—but it made sense at the time.”
    ― Maria V. Snyder, Outside In
    tags: humor, outside-in, rebellion
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