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There are some laws that are coded into the very nature of the universe, and one is: There Is Never Enough Shelf Space.

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. . . Mrs. Arcanum considered foreign parts only marginally less unspeakable than private parts. . .

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The dwarfs can turn lead into gold...It reached the pointy ears of the dwarfs.-Can we?-Damned if I know. I can't.-Yeah, but if you could, you wouldn't...more

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They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking afte...more

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The public thinks big, sensible, measured thoughts while people run around doing silly things

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Tiffany knew what the problem was immediately. She'd seen it before, atbirthday parties. Her brother was suffering from tragic sweetdeprivation. Yes, ...more

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Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

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Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered...more

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Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even si...more

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Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because—what with trolls and dwarfs and so on—speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in per...more

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Most people, on waking up, accelerate through a quick panicky pre-consciousness check-up: who am I, where am I, who is he/she, good god, why am I cudd...more

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Someone has to do it. It's all very well calling for eye of newt, but do you mean Common, Spotted or Great Crested? Which eye, anyway? Will tapioca do...more

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Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.

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

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- "Surely you have considered terrorist activity?"There was another pause. Then the spokesman said, in the quiet tones of someone who has had enough a...more