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HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

This book was written using 100% recycled words.