You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol. Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good. Terry Pratchett be-goodencouragementknowing I was once a journalist. And I think of myself as a journalist, and that's it. You tell the truth. I even wrote a book called 'The Truth'. Terry Pratchett telling-the-truthbookthinking It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death. Terry Pratchett morbidworrypeople Money is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because advances in that field are small compared to what I'd got now for an 'adult' DW. Terry Pratchett adultswritingbook Seeing things a human shouldn't have to see makes us human. Terry Pratchett seeinghumans In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute. Terry Pratchett minuteslastsorder Don't you *ever* let go?" "I haven't yet." "Why?" "I suppose... because in this world, after everyone panics, there's always got to be someone to tip the wee out of the shoe. Terry Pratchett shoesletting-goworld When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend. Terry Pratchett crossbowssafety Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster! Terry Pratchett why-notrunninglooks Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat. Terry Pratchett wallcatgun Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated to me. Terry Pratchett mindwaythinking One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble. Terry Pratchett work-outone-daytrouble Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even sitting down, you had to stand out. Terry Pratchett sitting-downwizardscrowds They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that, in the morning, it will be in a body that is going to be hanged. Terry Pratchett mindmorningmen It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks. Terry Pratchett furniturebookrooms ... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot. Terry Pratchett slingshotshuntingpurpose When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. Terry Pratchett complicatedmeanpeople I may be daft but I'm no' stupid! Terry Pratchett daftstupidmay And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor, I don't know who is. Terry Pratchett doorsmennight If you try to to take my bananas from me, I will reclaim them from your cold dead hands. Terry Pratchett bananastryinghands
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