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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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One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.

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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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He wanted to say: how could you be so nice and yet so dumb? The best thing you could do with the peasents was to leave them alone. Let them get on wit...more

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They stole from rich merchants and temples and kings. They didn't steal from poor people; this was not because there was anything virtuous about poor ...more

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Ricewind had always relied on running away. But somerimes, perhaps, you had to stand and fight, if only because there was nowhere left to run.

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Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

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Your wife is a big hippo! My face is melting! My face is meltinnnnggg!

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Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

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Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit.

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Did I see them waving?' said Mrs Liberty'And particling, I shouldn't wonder' said the Alderman

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If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.

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It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (L...more