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To Tiffany's surprise, Nanny Ogg was weeping gently. Nanny took another swig from her flagon and wiped her eyes. 'Cryin' helps sometimes,' she said. '...more

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All he had was nothing, but that was something, and now it had been taken away.

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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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Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job. The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a...more

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The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever men and turtles were gathered toge...more

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where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed self-evident wisdom* *...more

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No,' she said. 'No, I don't reckon that's what I do now. Are you watchin', Mrs Gogol? Are you watchin' real close?' Her gaze travelled the room and re...more

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Susan stared at him.The blue glow in Death’s eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye soc...more

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Ye mustn't be afraid to ask for help. Pride is a good thing, my girl, but it will kill you in time.

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Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see yo...more

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never ask the tight-rope walker how he keeps his balance. if he stops to think about it, he falls off

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Is somethin' wrong?" said Daft Wullie."Aye!" snapped the kelda. "Rob willnae tak' a drink o' Special Sheep Liniment!"Wullie's little face screwed up i...more

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The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.

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She’d struck Esk once before – the blow a baby gets to introduce it to the world and give it a rough idea of what to expect from life.

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There are things so horrible that even the dark is afraid of them. Most people don't know this and this is just as well because the world could not re...more