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5.Buggre Alle this for a Larke I amme sick to mye Hart of typefetinge. Master Biltonn if no Gentelmann, and Master Scagges now more that a tighte fisted Southwarke Knobbefticke. I telle you, onne a daye laike thif

5.Buggre Alle this for a Larke I amme sick to mye Hart of typefetinge. Master Biltonn if no Gentelmann, and Master Scagges now more that a tighte fisted Southwarke Knobbefticke. I telle you, onne a daye laike thif Ennywone withe half and oz of Sense shoulde bee oute in the Suneshain, ane nott Stucke here alle the lielong dale inn thif mowldey olde By-Our-Lady Workefhoppe *AE@;I*

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Sick, Half, Bees

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.

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War, Hands, Weapons
"Mort (Discworld, Book 4)". Book by Terry Pratchett, November 12, 1987.

I know it’s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!" "My mother always said that horses sweat, men perspire, and ladies merely glow…" "Is that so? Well, miss, you are glowing like a pig!

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Mother, Horse, Men

He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.

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Determined, Logic, Behinds
"Mort". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1987.

[...] the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks.

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Thinking, Splendor, Easier

Find the story, Granny Weatherwax always said. She believed that the world was full of story shapes. If you let them, they controlled you. But if you studied them, if you found out about them... you could use them, you could change them.

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Stories, Use, World

I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future." THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death. "What does it contain, then?" ME.

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Children, Regret, Doe
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Sourcery: (Discworld Novel 5)”, p.15, Random House

Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.

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Jobs, Rumor, Discworld

IT'S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather. "You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?" YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.

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Mean, Expression, Knowing
Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Simpson (2008). “The Folklore of Discworld”, Doubleday UK

Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture.

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Memories, Mind, Kicking
"Is The Colour of Magic a good introduction to Terry Pratchett?" by Sam Jordison, www.theguardian.com. May 05, 2015.

Their families cordially detested one another.

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Terry Pratchett (2002). “Night watch”, Doubleday UK

Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle when they tried to think. In a funny sort of way, they were much better at it.

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Clever, Thinking, Eyebrows

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

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Veins, Behavior, Responsible

The theater troubled her. It had a magic of its own, one that didn’t belong to her, one that wasn’t in her control. It changed the world, and said things were otherwise than they were. And it was worse than that. It was magic that didn’t belong to magical people. It was commanded by ordinary people, who didn’t know the rules. They altered the world because it sounded better.

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People, Magic, Ordinary
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)”, p.304, Random House

This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That’s why everything is exactly the wrong way around.

Terry Pratchett
Art, Mirrors, Way
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)”, p.312, Random House

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

Terry Pratchett
Destiny, Thinking, People
FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Dec 28, 2016

NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.

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Nice, Mean, Naughty

I never said nothing..." "I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead!

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Silence, Said, Knows
"Lords and Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

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Force, Submit

[Y]ou weren't born with a talent for witchcraft: it didn't come easily; you worked hard at it because you wanted it. You forced the world to give it to you, no matter the price, and the price is and always will be high... People say you don't find witchcraft; witchcraft finds you. But you've found it, even if at the time you didn't know what it was you were finding, and you grabbed it by its scrawny neck and made it work for you.

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People, Giving, World

The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try to work how who was to blame.

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Trying, Needs, Auditors
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)”, p.384, Random House

Ponder just let it happen. It's because their minds are so often involved with deep and problematic matters, he told himself, that their mouths are allowed to wander around making a nuisance of themselves.

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Mind, Nuisance, Mouths

Do you know how wizards like to be buried?" "Yes!" "Well, how?" Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs. "Reluctantly.

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Wizards, Stairs, Buried
Terry Pratchett (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld”, p.22, Harper Collins

The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency.

Terry Pratchett
Blood, Lust, Vampire

only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.

Terry Pratchett
People, Troll, Smooth

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