One of them went on to ask me, “Well, you do respect my beliefs, don’t you?” I countered with a question, “Are you asking me if I respect your exercise of faith?” She replied affirmatively. I immediately shook my head and said, No. I
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“There was a wicked ole witch once called Black Aliss. She was an unholy terror. There's never been one worse or more powerful. Until now. Because I could spit in her eye and steal her teeth, see. Because she didn't know Right from Wrong, so she got all twisted up, and that was the end of her.
"The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live. So.. if I was a bad witch I could make Mister Salzella's muscles turn against his bones and break them where he stood... if I was bad. I could do things inside his head, change the shape he thinks he is, and he'd be down on what had been his knees and begging to be turned into a frog... if I was bad. I could leave him with a mind like a scrambled egg, listening to colors and hearing smells...if I was bad. Oh yes." There was another sigh, deeper and more heartfelt.
"But I can't do none of that stuff. That wouldn't be Right."
She gave a deprecating little chuckle. And if Nanny Ogg had been listening, she would have resolved as follows: that no maddened cackle from Black Aliss of infamous memory, no evil little giggle from some crazed Vampyre whose morals were worse than his spelling, no side-splitting guffaw from the most inventive torturer, was quite so unnerving as a happy little chuckle from a Granny Weatherwax about to do what's best.”
― Maskerade
"The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do it and live. So.. if I was a bad witch I could make Mister Salzella's muscles turn against his bones and break them where he stood... if I was bad. I could do things inside his head, change the shape he thinks he is, and he'd be down on what had been his knees and begging to be turned into a frog... if I was bad. I could leave him with a mind like a scrambled egg, listening to colors and hearing smells...if I was bad. Oh yes." There was another sigh, deeper and more heartfelt.
"But I can't do none of that stuff. That wouldn't be Right."
She gave a deprecating little chuckle. And if Nanny Ogg had been listening, she would have resolved as follows: that no maddened cackle from Black Aliss of infamous memory, no evil little giggle from some crazed Vampyre whose morals were worse than his spelling, no side-splitting guffaw from the most inventive torturer, was quite so unnerving as a happy little chuckle from a Granny Weatherwax about to do what's best.”
― Maskerade
“Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you.”
― Assassin's Apprentice
― Assassin's Apprentice
“You can‘t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it‘s just a cage.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
“How will progress ever happen if I keep going back to work on the same area? Progress won’t happen if I don’t.”
― Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
― Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
― Carpe Jugulum
― Carpe Jugulum
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