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It was the kind of storm that suggests the whole sky has swallowed a diuretic.

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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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If women were as good as men they'd be a lot better!

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(...) perfectly ordinary books, printed on commonplace paper in mundane ink. It would be a mistake to think that they weren't also dangerous, just bec...more

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Might have just been an innocent bystander, sir,’ said Carrot'What, in Ankh-Morpork?’Yes, sir.’‘We should have grabbed him, then, just for the rarity ...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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His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about seven thousa...more

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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 only drinks when he gets depressed,' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink.

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There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.

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You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?

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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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Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls

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Er, excuse me,' said the man as Nanny Ogg turned away, 'but what is that on your shoulders?''It's. . . a fur collar,' said Nanny.'Excuse me, but I jus...more

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The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have ...more