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“It’s not staying in place that’s the problem. It’s not letting your mind wander.”

“Humanity’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.”

“Nanny Ogg would try anything once; some things she’d try several thousand times.”

“Magrit plunged on with the brave desperation of someone dancing in the light of their burning bridges.”

“It’s not gambling to play against someone who’s no good. It’s common sense.”

“She wasn’t at all certain about the meaning of the word decadent. She’d dismissed the possibility that it meant having ten teeth, in the same sense that Nanny Ogg, for example, was unident.”

“The big paddle wheel sloshed through the thick brown soup of the river. The mode of power were several dozen trolls under a sunshade trudging along an endless belt. Birds sang in the trees on the distant banks. The scent of hibiscus wafted across the water, almost, but unfortunately not quite, overpowering the scent of the river itself.”

“Magrit knew this in the pink, fluttering boudoir of her heart.”

“Genua was a fairy tale city. People smiled and would joy for the live long day, especially if they wanted to see another live long day. Lilith made certain of that.”

“After a while, the velvet silence was broken by granny’s deep and resident snore. Shortly afterwards, it was joined by the genteel snoring of Nanny, who had spent far more time sleeping in company than granny and had evolved a more accommodating nasal orchestra. Granny’s snore would’ve cut logs.”