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Terry Pratchett was born in Beaconsfield, England, in 1948.
* He began his writing career as a journalist, but soon turned to fiction.
* His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.
* He is best known for his Discworld series of fantasy novels, which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
* Pratchett was a humanist and a satirist, and his work often explored social and political issues.
* He was knighted in 2009 for services to literature.
* He died in 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
* His work continues to be popular and influential, and he is considered one of the most important fantasy writers of all time.

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.

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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.

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Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

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This book was written using 100% recycled words.

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The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

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Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.

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Books

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He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

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"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. Have you thought of going into teaching?

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Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it.

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I commend my soul to any god that can find it.

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Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

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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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