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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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He'd never asked for an exciting life. What he really liked, what he sought on every occasion, was boredom. The trouble was that boredom tended to exp...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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Adventure! People talked about the idea as if it were something worthwhile, rather than a mess of bad food, no sleep and strange people inexplicably t...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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And I'm made up of everyone I've ever met who's changed the way I think. So who is "me"?

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The trouble is that things never get better, they just stay the same, only more so.

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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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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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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