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“People kept their books, she thought, not because they were likely to read them again but because these objects contained the past--the texture of being oneself at a particular place, at a particular time, each volume a piece of one's intellect, whether the work itself had been loved or despised or had induced a snooze on page forty.”
― Tom Rachman, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers

“Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

“Is that the drink with the vodka? Because- "

"No," said Lady Margolotta quietly. "This, I am afraid, is the other kind. Still, ve have that in common, don't ve? Neither of us drinks...alcohol. I believe you vere an alcoholic, Sir Samuel."

"No," said Vimes, completely taken aback. "I was a drunk. You have to be richer than I was to be an alcoholic.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

“Sometimes Carrot sounded like a civics essay written by a stunned choirboy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant