3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

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    I'm trying to have a moment o' existential dreed here, right? Crivens, it's a puir lookout if a man canna feel the chilly winds o' fate lashing aroound his netheres wi'out folks telling him he's deid, eh?

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    Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

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    It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' - in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.

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    Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat

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    Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid.

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    Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!

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