“. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of its cause, still less of its cure; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
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