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“Do you know what they called a sausage-in-a-bun in Quirm?’ said Mr Pin, as the two walked away. ‘No?’ said Mr Tulip. ‘They called it le sausage-in-le-bun.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Truth

“In short, what people think they want is news, but what they really crave is olds.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Truth

“Lanciò un grido; aveva visto qualcosa che gli faceva balzare il cuore in petto: su quel chiarore lontano si stagliavano sagome scure, ancora piccole eppur maestose. “Le aquile! Le aquile!” gridò. “Stanno arrivando le aquile!” Era”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Lo Hobbit

“Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies