A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
Terry PratchettCommander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.โ โSir?โ โIt seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.โ โSir?โ โThatโs practically zen.
Terry PratchettI'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.
Terry PratchettDwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!
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