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One of the recurring philosophical questions is: “Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?” Which says something about the nature of philosophers, because there is always someone in a forest. It may only
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“And now he could see why people had anxiety attacks, the kind of people who would lock their door and halfway up the garden path would come back to see if they’d locked said door and unlock it to make sure and lock it again then set off up the path only to go through the whole terrible procedure once more. The fact of the matter was you had to hope and assume that a lot of capable people had done lots of capable things in a capable way, and double-checked them frequently to make sure everything was right. So worrying was stupid, wasn’t it? But worrying was never quite like that. It sat like a little goblin on your shoulder and whispered.”
― Raising Steam
― Raising Steam
“People get exactly the wrong idea about belief. They think it works back to front. They think the sequence is, first object, then belief. In fact, it works the other way.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“Alone of all the creatures in the world, trolls believe that all living things go through Time backwards. 'If the past is visible and the future is hidden,' they say, 'then it means you must be facing the wrong way. Everything alive is going through life back to front.”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“Before you can kill the monster you have to say its name.”
― A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction
― A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction
“Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!”
― Night Watch
― Night Watch
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