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“Some of that, I’d rather forget.” “Ah, try to hold onto the part where you got out of it. The victory at the end. Or if not victory, just the fact you survived it.”
― Dick Wybrow, Kane

“The beauty of life is its sudden changes. No one knows what is going to happen next, and so we are constantly being surprised and entertained. The many ups and downs should not discourage us, for if we are down, we know that a change is coming and we will go up again; while those who are up are almost certain to go down. My grandfather had a song which well expresses this and if you will listen I will sing it." "Of course I will listen to your song," returned Kitticut, "for it would be impolite not to." So Rinkitink sang his grandfather's song: "A mighty King once ruled the land—      But now he's baking pies. A pauper, on the other hand,      Is ruling, strong and wise. A tiger once in jungles raged—      But now he's in a zoo; A lion, captive-born and caged,      Now roams the forest through. A man once slapped a poor boy's pate      And made him weep and wail. The boy became a magistrate      And put the man in jail. A sunny day succeeds the night;      It's summer—then it snows! Right oft goes wrong and wrong comes right,      As ev'ry wise man knows.”
― L. Frank Baum, Oz: The Complete Collection

“Oh . . . and Bacon Surprise.’ REALLY? WHAT IS SO SURPRISING ABOUT BACON? ‘I don’t know. I suppose it comes as something of a shock to the pig.”
― Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

“Well, we are wizards,’ said Ridcully. ‘We’re supposed to meddle with things we don’t understand. If we hung around waitin’ till we understood things we’d never get anything done.”
― Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times