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The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House.
His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort

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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort

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By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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There are *no* inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

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"I'm vice-president of Throwing Out People Mr Dibbler Doesn't like the Face of."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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"I'm vice-president of Throwing Out People Mr Dibbler Doesn't like the Face of."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent protection.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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"Why bother with such a big stone arch?"
"It's just showing off. There's probably a sticker on the back saying 'My Other Grave Is A Porch'".

Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

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"Why bother with such a big stone arch?"
"It's just showing off. There's probably a sticker on the back saying 'My Other Grave Is A Porch'".

Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

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The sergeant put on the poker face which has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.

Terry Pratchett, Eric

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You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was
"but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was
"but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC (I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were *sure* it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!'). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC (I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were *sure* it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!'). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.

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Experience has taught me that you feel better on a flight if you avoid chicken fat in plastic sauce.

The joys of travelling the world by plane
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"Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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"Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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"You're not one of us."
"I don't think I'm one of them, either," said Brutha. "I'm one of mine."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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"You're not one of us."
"I don't think I'm one of them, either," said Brutha. "I'm one of mine."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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I stroll along, talk, I sign books, people buy me drinks, I forget where my hotel is, I get lost and fall into some local body of water... done it hundreds of times.

Going to a convention is fun!
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