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Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills.

Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills.

Terry Pratchett
Nature, Keys, Pyramids

Silverfish looked down. "Oh. Are you a dwarf?" Cuddy gave him a blank stare. "Are you a giant?" he said. "Me? Of course not!" "Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."

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Dwarves, Giants, Blank
"Men at Arms (Discworld, Book 15)". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1993.

Cake is not the issue here.

Terry Pratchett
Cake, Issues
Terry Pratchett (1998). “The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel”, Harpercollins

Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face." (pp. 348-349)

Terry Pratchett
Rap, What Matters, People
"Witches Abroad". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1991.

Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.

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Pride, Sausage, Arms
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)”, p.72, Random House

Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

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Who I Am, Library, Journalism

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.

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People, Library, Fiction

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

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Perfect, I Can
"Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical'" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. September 01, 2010.

I like being a writer.

Terry Pratchett
"With Fading Memory, Terry Pratchett Revisits 'Carpet People'". "All Things Considered" with Arun Rath, www.npr.org. November 3, 2013.

When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.

Terry Pratchett
Kids, Fiction, Fantasy

It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors.

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Thinking, Editors, Understanding

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

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Blood, Hands, Hammers
"Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2001.

Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.

Terry Pratchett
Trust, Clouds, Cocktails

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

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Physicist, Disagree
"Fictional character: Narrator". "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather", www.imdb.com. 2006.

What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you're hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.

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Differences, Yesterday, One Day
"Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical'" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2010.

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.

Terry Pratchett
Knighthood, Genre, Glad

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe.

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Jobs, Thinking, Doctors

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

Terry Pratchett
Age, Fantasy
"Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age'". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2013.

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

Terry Pratchett
Fiction, Firsts, Astronomy

I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

Terry Pratchett
Couple, Mean, Pay

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Reader
"Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age'". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2013.

Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting. It combined with the lavishly applied mascara to give the guard the impression that he was looking at two flies that had crashed into a sugar bowl.

Terry Pratchett
Two, Giving, Interesting
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)”, p.161, Random House

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

Terry Pratchett
Rose, Effort, Sun
Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Light Fantastic: (Discworld Novel 2)”, p.9, Random House

Heaven has no taste." "Now-" "And not one single sushi restaurant." A look of pain crossed the angel's suddenly very serious face.

Terry Pratchett
Pain, Angel, Heaven

It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?" THE SUN IS UNDER THE DISC, said Death. "Is it like this every night?" EVERY NIGHT, said Death. NATURE'S LIKE THAT. "Doesn't anyone know?" ME. YOU. THE GODS. GOOD, ISN'T IT? "Gosh!" Death leaned over the saddle and looked down at the kingdoms of the world. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

Terry Pratchett
Beautiful, Night, World

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