3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

  • Author Terry Pratchett
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    Oh, you mean like Orpheo rescuing Euniphon from the Underworld?” said Roland.Rob Anybody just stared.“It’s a myth from Ephebe,” Roland went on. “It’s supposed to be a love story, but it’s really a metaphor for the annual return of summer. There’s a lot of versions of that story.”(...)“A metaphor is a kind o’ lie to help people understand what’s true,” said Billy Bigchin, but this didn’t help much.

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    Тълпата има коефициент на интелигентнист, корен квадратен на броя на учстниците в нея.

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    Life is just chemicals. A drop here, a drip there, everything's changed. A mere dribble of fermented juices and sudenlly you're going to live another few hours.

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    The bridges were quite popular as building sites,because they had a very convenient sewage system and, of course, a source of fresh water.

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    There’s lots of people will help you with alcohol business, but there’s no one out there arranging little meetings where you can stand up and say, ‘My name is Sam Vimes and I’m a really suspicious bastard.

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