Do you know how wizards like to be buried?" "Yes!" "Well, how?" Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs. "Reluctantly.
Terry PratchettAll he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.
Terry PratchettI read the 'Old Testament' all the way through when I was about 13 and was horrified. A few months afterwards I read 'The Origin Of Species', hallucinating very mildly because I was in bed with flu at the time. Despite that, or because of that, it all made perfect sense.
Terry PratchettI didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.
Terry PratchettButโฆbut you canโt treat religion as a sort of buffet, can you? I mean, you canโt say yes please, Iโll have some of the Celestial Paradise and a helping of the Divine Plan but go easy on the kneeling and none of the Prohibition of Images, they give me wind. Its table dยดhรดte or nothing, otherwiseโฆwell, it would be silly.
Terry Pratchett