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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    Frank Herbert
    “Truth suffers from too much analysis.

    -Ancient Fremen Saying”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
    tags: introspection
    465 likes

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    Frank Herbert
    “My lungs taste the air of Time,
    Blown past falling sands…”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
    6662 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
    tags: books, humor
    2611 likes

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  • #7
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
    74329 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Eric
    tags: erotic, kinky, suggestive
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    Sylvia Plath
    “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
    ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
    tags: books, life, limits
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  • #10
    Terry Pratchett
    “And what would humans be without love?"
    RARE, said Death.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Insanity is catching.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Making Money
    tags: insanity
    508 likes

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  • #12
    Terry Pratchett
    “Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
    tags: luck
    432 likes

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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
    10164 likes

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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
    “No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled.
    "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?"
    "What?"
    "Oh, you'd like something simpler?”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
    tags: absurd, humor, interrogation, police
    1976 likes

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  • #16
    Terry Pratchett
    “Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
    Death thought about it.
    CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
    tags: cats, death, life
    3630 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.”
    ― Terry Pratchett , Jingo
    tags: desert, religion
    499 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
    tags: librarians, libraries, space, time
    787 likes

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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
    1408 likes

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  • #21
    P.G. Wodehouse
    “The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves!
    tags: humor, love
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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    P.G. Wodehouse
    “Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves!
    tags: hair, humor, redheads
    617 likes

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  • #24
    P.G. Wodehouse
    “It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
    tags: apologies, apologizing, humor, people, taking-advantage
    684 likes

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  • #25
    Terry Pratchett
    “I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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  • #26
    P.G. Wodehouse
    “You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves
    tags: humor, nietzsche
    204 likes

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  • #27
    P.G. Wodehouse
    “I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse
    144 likes

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  • #28
    Terry Pratchett
    “Money don't buy happiness, Gytha.'
    'I only wanted to rent it for a few weeks.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    33 likes

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  • #29
    Mark Twain
    “I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: classic-insult, funeral, funny, humor
    7633 likes

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  • #30
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”
    ― Ursula K. LeGuin
    844 likes



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