3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett


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    Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean there's anything wrong.

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    If you trust in yourself... and believe in your dreams... and follow your star... you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.

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    Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn’t like some of the destinations.

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    People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.

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    We are monkeys. We like to chatter. Chattering doesn’t cost us anything.

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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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    Making money isn’t something to be ashamed of. There’s a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.

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    When you stand between two mirrors you’re spread out among the images, your whole soul is pulled out thin, and somewhere in the distant images a dark part of you might get out and come looking for you, if you aren’t careful.

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