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I know it’s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!""My mother always said that horses sweat, men perspire, and l...more

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At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and powerful. And we feel it...more

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Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.

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I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.

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Rincewind picked up a spare paper and read it.It was headed: Examination for the post of Assistant Night-Soil Operative for the District of W'ung.He r...more

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Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?""Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.

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You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.

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Nanny Ogg was an attractive lady, which is not the same as being beautiful. She fascinated Casanunda. She was an incredibly comfortable person to be a...more

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Igor?' said Moist. 'You have an Igor?'Oh, yes,' said Hubert. 'That's how I get this wonderful light. They know the secret of storing lightning in jars...more

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Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly expl...more

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Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thin...more

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There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags a...more

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The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

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But I see you're not standing in a bleedin' shadow, Perks, nor have you done anything to change your bleedin' shape, you're silhouetted against the bl...more

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It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?