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    Neil Gaiman
    “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton
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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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    Douglas Adams
    “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
    ― Douglas Adams
    tags: attributed-no-source, humor, misattributed-douglas-adams, wit
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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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    Neil Gaiman
    “Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
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    Terry Pratchett
    “It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
    tags: death, humor, life
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Terry Pratchett
    “If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
    tags: cats, humor, life
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    Douglas Adams
    “Don't Panic.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    tags: h2g2, hitchhiker-s-guide, humor, panic
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    Philip K. Dick
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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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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    William Shakespeare
    “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
    Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
    To the last syllable of recorded time;
    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
    The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
    Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
    And then is heard no more. It is a tale
    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    Signifying nothing.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
    tags: inspirational
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
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    Douglas Adams
    “The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
    tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor
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    Gene Wolfe
    “People don't want other people to be people.”
    ― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw
    tags: labels, people, selfishness
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    Gene Wolfe
    “When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.”
    ― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw
    tags: gifts, merit, payment
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
    The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
    "Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
    "Fuck you," said the raven.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
    tags: edgar-allan-poe, humor, nevermore, parody, poe, raven
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    Neil Gaiman
    “An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.”
    ― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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    Neil Gaiman
    “You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
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    Neil Gaiman
    “His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have ever been able to master.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
    tags: children, gravity, youth
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I am frightened of nothing."
    "Nothing?"
    "Nothing."
    "Are you extremely frightened of nothing?"
    "Absolutely terrified of it."
    "I have nothing in my pockets. Would you like to see it?"
    "No, I most definitely would not.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Birds are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious. ”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
    tags: birds-spider-ferocity-animals
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    Neil Gaiman
    “You'll think this is a bit silly, but I'm a bit--well, I have a thing about birds."
    "What, a phobia?"
    "Sort of."
    "Well, that's the common term for an irrational fear of birds."
    "What do they call a rational fear of birds, then?”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
    tags: birds
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    Neil Gaiman
    “The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
    tags: cookies, descriptions, ghosts, humor, scent, setting, smell
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    Philip K. Dick
    “I'm not much but I'm all I have.”
    ― Philip K Dick, Martian Time-Slip
    tags: loneliness, optimism, responsibility, time
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    Philip K. Dick
    “My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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    Philip K. Dick
    “If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.”
    ― Philip K. Dick
    tags: humor, irony, optimism, pessimism, schizophrenia, universe
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

    - Breeze”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
    tags: humor, remaining-silent, reticence
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  • #29
    Warren Ellis
    “By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead.”
    ― Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard
    tags: misanthropy, optimism, suicide
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    Warren Ellis
    “Tradition:' one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.”
    ― Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum
    tags: tradition
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