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“Gods,” prompted Om again. “We’re here to ask about gods!” “But is all this true?” said Brutha. Didactylos shrugged. “Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.” “You mean you don’t know it’s true?” said Brutha. “I think it might be,” said Didactylos. “I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.” “Talk about gods,” said Om. “Gods,” said Brutha weakly.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“One minute life is simple, and then suddenly it stretches away full of complications. “Oh, my,” she said. “I’m a fairy godmother!”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

“For the rest, he was large and good-natured, and had a habit of amusing himself with occasional spells of knitting.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

“I may be gone for some time.”
― Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole