Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.
Terry PratchettBut here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
Terry PratchettMost of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.
Terry PratchettWell, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. "There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like "Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh I am dyin', oh oh oh, that's what I'm doin'", and there's your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes "Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!", although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically all of opera, reely.
Terry Pratchett