Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does? Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett THERE'S NO JUSTICE, said Mort. JUST US. Terry Pratchett saidjustice There is always time for another last minute Terry Pratchett last-minuteminuteslasts Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman. Terry Pratchett witchwould-bebelieve If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship. Terry Pratchett shipssentencesweight You are in favour of the common people?” said Dragon mildly. The common people?” said Vimes. “They’re nothing special. They’re no different from the rich and powerful except they’ve got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I’ve got to be on their side. Terry Pratchett dragonspowerfullaw I don't think I've ever been critical of the money Douglas Adams makes, especially since, as has been tactfully pointed out, I myself have had to change banks having filled the first one up. Terry Pratchett filledfirststhinking Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone. Terry Pratchett errorssciencebelieve The best research is the research that you don't know that you are doing. Terry Pratchett researchknows The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays. Terry Pratchett fridayevilhome Privilege (to the privileged) means having private laws. Terry Pratchett privilegelawmean What're quantum mechanics?" "I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose. Terry Pratchett discworldmechanicpeople No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable Terry Pratchett clownpurposepeople Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean there's anything wrong. Terry Pratchett chillmeanblood I am death, not taxes. I turn up only once. Terry Pratchett discworldtaxesdeath The Library didn't only contain magical books, the ones which are chained to their shelves and are very dangerous. It also contained perfectly ordinary books, printed on commonplace paper in mundane ink. It would be a mistake to think that they weren't also dangerous, just because reading them didn't make fireworks go off in the sky. Reading them sometimes did the more dangeous trick of making fireworks go off in the privacy of the reader's brain. Terry Pratchett readingmistakebook I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. Terry Pratchett universitylevelssympathy We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience Terry Pratchett discworld Nothing but dust and fundamentalists. Terry Pratchett dust Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point MY POINT EXACTLY. Terry Pratchett truthbelievepeople You know what I'd really, really like? What I'd pay MONEY for? A ZX81 with a disc drive. I understood the ZX81. It was so easy to interface stuff to it. Terry Pratchett easystuffpay
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