“It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.
My dream holiday would be a) a ticket to Amsterdam b) immunity from prosecution and c) a baseball bat.”
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My dream holiday would be a) a ticket to Amsterdam b) immunity from prosecution and c) a baseball bat.”
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“If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
“His progress through life was hampered by his tremendous sense of his own ignorance, a disability which affects all too few.”
― Maskerade
― Maskerade
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