3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

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    Don’t be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

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    The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I’m not sure about the turnip.

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    Every step is a first step if it’s a step in the right direction.

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    It doesn’t matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever – a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy.

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    Hell wasn’t a major reservoir of evil, any more then Heaven, in Crowley’s opinion, was a fountain of goodness; they were just sides in the great cosmic chess game. Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

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    But here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.

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    History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it.

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