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Katabasis

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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“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

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“Can't we do anything about it?"
- "No!"
- "Then I can't see the sense in panicking", said Twoflower calmly”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

tags: diskworld, humor, pratchett, ricewind, twoflower

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“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humor, life

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“The day had, in fact, reached that gentle point when it was too late for housebreaking and too early for burglary.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

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“So the fire and its subsequent flood, wich destroyed everything left that was not flammable and added a particularly noisome flux to the survivors'problems, did not mark its end. Rather it was a fiery punctuation mark, a coal-like comma, or salamander semicolon, in a continuing story.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

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