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"Stercus, stercus, stercus, moriturus sum."

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

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"Stercus, stercus, stercus, moriturus sum."

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

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The labyrinth of Ephebe is ancient and full of one hundred and one amazing things you can do with hidden springs, razor-sharp knives, and falling rocks.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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The labyrinth of Ephebe is ancient and full of one hundred and one amazing things you can do with hidden springs, razor-sharp knives, and falling rocks.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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AIRPORTS: A place where people hurry up and wait.

From A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nomeby Angalo de Haberdasheri
Terry Pratchett, Wings

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AIRPORTS: A place where people hurry up and wait.

From A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nomeby Angalo de Haberdasheri
Terry Pratchett, Wings

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The Emperor had all the qualifications for a corpse except, as it were, the most vital one.

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

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The Emperor had all the qualifications for a corpse except, as it were, the most vital one.

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

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[...] Vimes's grin was as funny as the one that moves very fast towards drowning men. And has a fin on top.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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[...] Vimes's grin was as funny as the one that moves very fast towards drowning men. And has a fin on top.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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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 perfect harmony and ganged up on green.

Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

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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 perfect harmony and ganged up on green.

Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett, Diggers

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett, Diggers

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Even with nougat you can have a perfect moment.

Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

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Even with nougat you can have a perfect moment.

Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

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I finally finished the Wizards series yesterday. Onward to Witches! #Discworld #gnuterrypratchett

I finally finished the Wizards series yesterday. Onward to Witches! #Discworld #gnuterrypratchett

Experience has taught me that you feel better on a flight if you avoid chicken fat in plastic sauce.

The joys of travelling the world by plane
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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Experience has taught me that you feel better on a flight if you avoid chicken fat in plastic sauce.

The joys of travelling the world by plane
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first.

Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

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They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first.

Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

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"If we find a cat I'm going to kick it!"

Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind

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"If we find a cat I'm going to kick it!"

Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind

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Every procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine -- once. Like the Borg, they learn...

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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Every procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine -- once. Like the Borg, they learn...

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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I really like Pratchett's witches.
Women who decided or had to learn stuff most of their peers didn't bother with. Who took over responsibilities for people because somebody had to. Who are respected but still feared (and sometimes a little resented) for doing things most others don't know much about or don't dare to attempt.
And they're still regular women at the end of the day. They have friends and families, they are scared and unsure of themselves, they are proud and foolish sometimes and they have to make sure not to get carried away with self importance and the power over people they have. Or how Pratchett called it: cackling.
And sometimes they're witches but aren't called that.

And to the best of my knowledge that's a pretty good representation of how it really was. Of course it's somewhat romanticised. They have a network of witches who meet up to do witchy stuff. They use the mythisms of the mundane to a degree which isn't really realistic. And they have real magic and can fly on brooms. These are fantasy novels at the end of the day. But the core of what it means to be a witch is there and pretty accurate!
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"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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Well, they asked me in February, and I said it was coming out in November. When they asked in March, I said it was coming out in November. In April I pointed out that November, in fact, was going to be when the next book came out. In May, when asked on many occasions about when Maskerade was coming out, I said November. In November, it will be published. The same November all the way through, too.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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Well, they asked me in February, and I said it was coming out in November. When they asked in March, I said it was coming out in November. In April I pointed out that November, in fact, was going to be when the next book came out. In May, when asked on many occasions about when Maskerade was coming out, I said November. In November, it will be published. The same November all the way through, too.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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@jbond and the artists all riff on one another, because that’s what the great ones do.

See also: Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld novel, _Interesting Times_

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@jbond and the artists all riff on one another, because that’s what the great ones do.

See also: Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld novel, _Interesting Times_

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@grumpygamer
Not a new quote, but one that's 30 years old this year.
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@grumpygamer
Not a new quote, but one that's 30 years old this year.
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@jens

Well as your #shelfie appeared in my TL via @Anoia & you seem to be from foreign parts😜 you might not have seen #GNUTerryPratchett bookshelves as they were displayed in the Salisbury exhibition almost a decade ago.⤵️

The Specialist in the 3rd photo was one of the books that had excerpts read from in when pTerry did the Radio 4 Xmas With Great Pleasure unfortunately not currently available but one of his other Radio 4 appearances is:-

Desert Island Discs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00944ry

Sadly his "The Museum of Curiosity" appearance is also not currently available on the BBC site but I have a vague recollection that it might be available in some kind of Archive not mentioning No names, no pack drill😜

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@jens

Well as your #shelfie appeared in my TL via @Anoia & you seem to be from foreign parts😜 you might not have seen #GNUTerryPratchett bookshelves as they were displayed in the Salisbury exhibition almost a decade ago.⤵️

The Specialist in the 3rd photo was one of the books that had excerpts read from in when pTerry did the Radio 4 Xmas With Great Pleasure unfortunately not currently available but one of his other Radio 4 appearances is:-

Desert Island Discs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00944ry

Sadly his "The Museum of Curiosity" appearance is also not currently available on the BBC site but I have a vague recollection that it might be available in some kind of Archive not mentioning No names, no pack drill😜

#DiscWorld
#TheTurtleMoves 🐢 🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘 🔵

🎨 Be a patron of the arts (please, if you can)

As the wise Pratchett explained:
He sighed, and leaned over the desk. “You see,” he said, “cheese does make money. And opera doesn’t. Opera’s what you spend money on.”
“But . .  what do you get out of it?”
“You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily.

We may not have opera, but we do have arts and installations, and you can be a Patron of These Arts for as little as a tenner, and be featured on a special thing. Or remain anonymous. Up to you.

More details: https://www.emfcamp.org/tickets/sponsor

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Given the state of the world, one might need to find friends amongst strangers at some point.

I'd accept "De Chelonian Mobile" as codeword then. Discworld readers do know why.

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#Fotovorschlag „Stofftier“

Irgendwer muss irgendwann einmal Weihnachten sehr mit Hogfather in Verbindung gebracht haben.

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#Fotovorschlag „Stofftier“

Irgendwer muss irgendwann einmal Weihnachten sehr mit Hogfather in Verbindung gebracht haben.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Hogfather

#Fotovorschlag „Stofftier“

Irgendwer muss irgendwann einmal Weihnachten sehr mit Hogfather in Verbindung gebracht haben.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Hogfather

#Fotovorschlag „Stofftier“

Irgendwer muss irgendwann einmal Weihnachten sehr mit Hogfather in Verbindung gebracht haben.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Hogfather

#Fotovorschlag „Stofftier“

Irgendwer muss irgendwann einmal Weihnachten sehr mit Hogfather in Verbindung gebracht haben.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Hogfather

The Glorious 25th of May!

"All the little angels, Rise up, Rise up"

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And, while your at it, #hitchhiker , grab your towel!

Crowded day.

The Glorious 25th of May!

"All the little angels, Rise up, Rise up"

#GNUTerryPratchett

And, while your at it, #hitchhiker , grab your towel!

Crowded day.

How do they rise up?

#Glorious25thOfMay #TruthJusticeAndAHardBoiledEgg
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Probably needless to say, but had the People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road lasted there would’ve been towels for all and everyone would have known where their towel was.

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#TowelDay #WearLilacIfYouWereThere #HowDoTheyRiseUp #PeoplesRepublicOfTreacleMineRoad #TruthFreedomJusticeReasonablyPricedLoveAndAHardBoiledEgg #Glorious25thOfMay

Probably needless to say, but had the People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road lasted there would’ve been towels for all and everyone would have known where their towel was.

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#TowelDay #WearLilacIfYouWereThere #HowDoTheyRiseUp #PeoplesRepublicOfTreacleMineRoad #TruthFreedomJusticeReasonablyPricedLoveAndAHardBoiledEgg #Glorious25thOfMay

On this #Glorious25thOfMay take a lesson from Sam Vimes, be quietly stubborn and unfashionably decent.

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