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Pratchett Quotes

  • “The Axiom 'Honest men have nothing to fear from the police' is currently under review by the Axioms Review Board.”

  • “You make enemies like a craftsman.”

  • “Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.”

  • “It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.”

  • “It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.”

  • “HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.”

  • “Not Thou Shalt Not. Say I Will Not.”

  • “WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.”

  • “YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?”

  • “He'd found hard truth less hard than an easy lie.”

  • “William wondered why he always disliked people who said ‘no offence meant’. Maybe it was because they found it easier to say ‘no offence meant’ than actually refrain from giving offence.”

  • “Truth was what he told. Honesty was sometimes not the same thing.”

  • “sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.”

  • “‘Maybe the best way to build a bright new world is to peel some spuds in this one?’”