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The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett

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“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”
― Bram Stoker

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“We Woosters do not lightly forget. At least, we do - some things - appointments, and people's birthdays, and letters to post, and all that - but not an absolutely bally insult like the above.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves

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“You should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold

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“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

tags: dark-tower, horror

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“Fearlessness is a fool’s boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are the dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that’s the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who’s worth a damn feels fear. It’s the use you make of it that counts.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

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