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Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.

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Neil GaimanGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter

Cats do not hunt seals. They would hunt them if they knew what seals and where to find them. But the...

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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...

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Mind you,” said Ponder, “the universe does have a rhythm. Day and night, light and dark, life and de...

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NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY

There are things so horrible that even the dark is afraid of them. Most people don't know this and t...

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That’s why we all hate ’em, he thought. Those expressionless eyes watch us, those big faces turn to ...

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These were dangerous thoughts, he knew. They were the kind that crept up on a Watchman when the chas...

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Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.”“Sir?...

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People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There ...

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That's the fashion. Fast as the speed of light, they say. Ha! It's got no soul, sir, no heart.

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and mone...

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It's supposed to be jolly, with mistletoe and holly... and other things ending in olly.

At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings a...

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I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned...

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Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men liv...

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Anger was a weapon to be honed and treasured and used only at the moment yielding most premium.

Gods didn’t mind atheists, if they were deep, hot, fiery, atheists like Simony, who spend their whol...

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One cannot help feeling that some alternative occupation—lettuce farming, say—would offer somewhat l...

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Wizards don’t believe in gods. They didn’t deny their existence, of course. They just didn’t believe...

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Terry PratchettThe Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch

When Geoffrey was away, the goat often took himself off. He had soon got the goats at Granny’s cotta...

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You know it’s going to be Mary the Maid, or someone like her, and there’s going to be two men and sh...

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The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.