Terry Pratchett
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""Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind.""
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Terry Pratchett
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"A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores."
Terry Pratchett
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"Divide by cucumber error. Please reinstall universe and reboot."
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"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
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"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual."
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"Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out."
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"The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp."
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"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."
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"The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to."
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"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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"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at."
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"I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts."
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"I imagine that fish have no word for water."
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"Words are the litmus paper of the mind."
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"Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease."
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"What can the harvest hope for..."
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"Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words."
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"Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?"
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"I commend my soul to any god that can find it."
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"What're quantum mechanics?" "I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose."
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"This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do."
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"Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous."
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"And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head."
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"You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing."
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"A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."
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