"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"
Terry PratchettProbably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent-protection.
Terry PratchettKnowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.
Terry PratchettPonder 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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