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It's rude to stare," said the troll. Its mouth opened with a little crest of foam, and shut again in exactly the same way that water closes over a sto...more

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The land around Ankh-Morpork is fertile and largely given over to the cabbage fields that help to give the city its distinctive odor.The gray light of...more

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

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The sun set, which is everyday magic...

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Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slammin...more

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You wanted magic, watch". She put her hand into the struggling mass of insects and made a shrill faint piping noise in the back of her throat. There w...more

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And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. Yo...more

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It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

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She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.

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High magic requires a great clarity of thought, you see, and women's talents do not lie in that direction. Their brains tend to overheat.

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Look at it like this, it's not that we're making life, we're simply giving life a place to live.

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Time travel was only a kind of magic, after all. That's why it always went wrong.

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Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?

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It's witchcraft with all the crusts cut off, and real witchcraft is ALL crusts.

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She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?''I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs...more