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"Children, as was well known, could all be beautiful in their mothers' eyes, but Suae didn't agree at all. When someone is ugly, they're ugly, and that's it. If you think they're cute regardless just because they're your son, then you're not seeing clearly." — Sep 24, 2025 12:08PM
"Children, as was well known, could all be beautiful in their mothers' eyes, but Suae didn't agree at all. When someone is ugly, they're ugly, and that's it. If you think they're cute regardless just because they're your son, then you're not seeing clearly." — Sep 24, 2025 12:08PM


“I did start out in witchcraft to get boys, to tell you the truth.'
'Think I don't know that?'
'What did you start out to get, Esme?'
Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground.
'Dunno,' she said at last.'Even, I suppose.”
― A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction
'Think I don't know that?'
'What did you start out to get, Esme?'
Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground.
'Dunno,' she said at last.'Even, I suppose.”
― A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction

“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.”
― Murder at the Vicarage
― Murder at the Vicarage

“Just shut your mouth, you ignorant twat."
"Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get to be a twat."
"It's the rank," Eve told her. "You'll make bitch one day."
"Thanks. That means a lot to me.”
― Festive in Death
"Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get to be a twat."
"It's the rank," Eve told her. "You'll make bitch one day."
"Thanks. That means a lot to me.”
― Festive in Death

“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Mort
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”
― Mort

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