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‘We are vampires. We cannot help what we are.’ ‘Only animals can’t help what they are,’ said Granny.
“And he dreamed the dream of all those who publish books, which was to have so much gold in your pockets that you would have to employ two people just to hold your trousers up.”
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“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog’s wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has its own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It’s like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.”
― Moving Pictures
― Moving Pictures
“Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It’s expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“It’s a mistake trying to cheer up camels. You may as well drop meringues into a black hole.”
― Pyramids
― Pyramids
“Normally the only decoration in there was on Sham Harga’s vest and the food was good solid stuff for a cold morning, all calories and fat and protein and maybe a vitamin crying softly because it was all alone.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!
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